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I believe there are entire companies right now und...
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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4 months ago
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why are some bankrupted by casinos? how about online gambling?
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Because they are making poor choices. But even gambling is not equal to physical compulsion.
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