> I also don’t believe addiction and other psychological exploits are used for the sole purpose of ad revenue
Instagram? Tiktok? Facebook?
Social media feeds off addiction to generate ad revenue.
And how much damage has social media done to political and social institutions and to collective mental health?
Ads on other web properties are not weaponised in the same way.
Social media feeds off addiction to popularity, a human thing. Remove the ads and it will not stop.