[bladewolf47]

Are referring to Addiction by Design? This article reminded me of that book

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13748038-addiction-by-de...

[Animats]

Clickbait link. Site wants a sign-in.

Wikipedia article.[1]

Author's site.[2]

Princeton University Press PDF of book introduction.[3]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiction_by_Design [2] https://www.natashadowschull.org/addiction-by-design/ [3] http://assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/i9156.pdf

[r3bl]

> Site wants a sign-in.

Interestingly, they show the pop-up only in the US. Accessing from other locations doesn't show it.

[Causality1]

Bingo. That book is one of the greatest driving forces behind loot boxes and live services.