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BRUSSELS — Doom scrolling is doomed, if the EU gets its way.

The European Commission is for the first time tackling the addictiveness of social media in a fight against TikTok that may set new design standards for the world’s most popular apps.

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[-] jnod4@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 day ago

All of us have to endure so you can be pleased, of course, milord!

[-] Noja@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 hours ago

Endure what exactly? The convenience of not having to click next? Laughable.

[-] jnod4@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Uhm hello? Being subjected to dark patterns? Deceptive user interface design? Educate yourselves?

[-] Noja@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago

Infinite scrolling is not a dark pattern and also not deceptive in any way. A dark pattern is something like amazon asking you four times in different wording and different user interface if you would really like to cancel the service.

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