Comment on 4.3 Billion People Now Own Smartphones

• nave@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  These devices are specifically made to promote behaviors

  Like what? I don’t think Apple, Google or Samsung care about whether you download Facebook. It’s not like they’re making money off it.

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  • the_q@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh they aren’t? Showing people having a good time, creating feelings of missing out, dopamine hits from cute videos and liking disliking content? Hmm why does Samsung have Facebook preinstalled? For fun? Google doesn’t run ads through nearly everything done online?

    I hope you’re young.

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    • nave@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ok I did forget Samsung preinstalls Facebook but Google running ads has nothing to do with Facebook. All the major social media platforms have their own ads. It’s in Googles best interests for people to not use Facebook because it would devalue Facebook ads. Also the original comment was about whether phones are made specifically to “promote behaviors”. You seem to be conflating social media companies and phone manufacturers.

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      • the_q@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Oh right. Smartphones are only used for calling and texting. My bad. You guys are right. Phones are awesome.

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• Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You can modify your phone to undo a lot of that

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