www/proprietary proprietary-addictions.html

[Ali Reza Hayati]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Ali Reza Hayati <arh>   21/01/06 07:04:35

Modified files:
        proprietary    : proprietary-addictions.html 

Log message:
        Added item about addictiveness of proprietary programs (www-discuss 
2021-01-05)

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-addictions.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.38&r2=1.39

Patches:
Index: proprietary-addictions.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-addictions.html,v
retrieving revision 1.38
retrieving revision 1.39
diff -u -b -r1.38 -r1.39
--- proprietary-addictions.html 23 Nov 2020 13:57:28 -0000      1.38
+++ proprietary-addictions.html 6 Jan 2021 12:04:35 -0000       1.39
@@ -176,6 +176,13 @@
     and keep this desire alive as long as possible.</p>
 
     <ul>
+     <li>The major social networks are designed and continuously <a 
href="https://medium.com/thrive-global/how-technology-hijacks-peoples-minds-from-a-magician-and-google-s-design-ethicist-56d62ef5edf3";>working
 to get
+     people addicted</a> by taking advantage of their <a 
href="/proprietary/proprietary-addictions#addictivenes">psychological
+     vulnerabilities</a>. Several of the addictive features (menu design,
+     “likes”, photo tagging, autoplay, dark patterns, etc.) are built into
+     the client software, and can't be removed because the software is
+     proprietary.</li>
+   
       <li>By default, notifications are sent every time a new item comes
       in, instead of, say, once a day. They are associated with sounds or
       vibrations which make them even more compelling. (Remember Pavlov's
@@ -370,7 +377,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/11/23 13:57:28 $
+$Date: 2021/01/06 12:04:35 $
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 </p>
 </div>