
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products with Nir Eyal
User Defenders – UX Design & Personal Growth
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Should Companies Create Addictive Products?
The author says companies building habit forming products have a moral obligation to make sure their users don't have an unhealthy use of their products. Addictions always hurt the user, so I would never want anyone to create a product intended to addict others. If we know someone is addicted and wants to stop, we have a responsibility to help them. The beauty of this interactive technology that's being collected on us is that if these companies wanted to do something about the addicts, they could.
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