addict

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There’s one antiprinciple to this: Do not invest in companies that intentionally try to addict their customers to spend more time, attention and money on them, to the detriment of those customers’ flourishing.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Mosseri, the Meta executive tasked with running Instagram, testified that the app wasn’t “clinically” addictive, and Zuckerberg said his company’s goal was to give users something useful, not addict them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Even dour Eva is a coffee addict and a heck of a karaoke singer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

The police built their case against Omar Benguit around the testimony of a drug addict, who we are calling BB for legal reasons.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Kochu Maria hadn’t yet made her acquaintance with the television addict waiting inside her.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy