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[–] [email protected] 97 points 5 months ago (2 children)

All addiction advertising should be illegal... Imagine struggling with withdrawal and giving up, and then cigarettes appear, bam!

Or alcohol - addicts actually need that shit to get through the day. The offramp for these things needs planning and consistency and this is just reinforcing the impulses

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The south park alcohol ad is too real.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

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Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes merely purchasing things is an addiction, one that many members of my family have. Adtech feels like a weapon designed to exploit anxiety and dopamine pathways.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Adtech feels like a weapon designed to exploit anxiety and dopamine pathways.

It kind of is