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by switchbak 3 days ago
They're also the ones that won't let their kids anywhere near the things.

That really is a strong statement of the ethics here - they're happy to let "those" kids get addicted to it, have it help ruin their mental health and generally create an unhappy generation of narcissists. All sold under the tagline of "Connecting the world". But when it comes to their kids? No way.

I wonder if we'll treat the folks that worked on these things the way we treat the folks that worked at Phillip Morris?