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by selectively 33 days ago
Yes, no. Yes, they want to make money. No, addiction is physical compulsion and nothing else. Despite the effort to redefine that term to cover all kinds of things, an app is not equal to heroin.
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sometimelurker 33 days ago
why are some bankrupted by casinos? how about online gambling?
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selectively 33 days ago
Because they are making poor choices. But even gambling is not equal to physical compulsion.
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