Most people's relationship with any given corporate / algorithm driven social media platform is akin to a drug addict.

Start viewing people who can't imagine quitting cold turkey as drug addicts, and it makes a lot more sense.

This is what happens when corpos have oodles and oodles from data on how to drive 'engagement'... and then they do that, via algorithmic content feeds and dark patterns and other kinds of manipulation.

These people are addicted to convenience, to the dopamine hits, to the rage bait, to their validating echo chambers.

They don't care that it makes them stupid, misinformed, angry, takes all their time, ruins their attention span, makes them feel like ugly failures amidst a sea of beautiful, rich influencers.

If you can't stop 'voluntarily' doing something that's bad for you without a giant fuss, without needing a guided intervention, you're an addict.