{"id":16252,"date":"2021-10-07T17:43:11","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T21:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=16252"},"modified":"2021-10-08T15:01:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T19:01:27","slug":"why-are-so-many-apps-engineered-for-addictive-behavior-robinhood-instagram-youtube-%e2%98%b9-we-are-giving-up-wellbeing-for-tech-money-%f0%9f%98%a5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2021\/10\/07\/why-are-so-many-apps-engineered-for-addictive-behavior-robinhood-instagram-youtube-%e2%98%b9-we-are-giving-up-wellbeing-for-tech-money-%f0%9f%98%a5\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are so many apps engineered for addictive behavior? (Robinhood, Instagram, Youtube&#8230;) \u2639 we are giving up wellbeing for tech &#038; money ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AW10072021-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AW10072021-4.jpg\" alt=\"Why are so many apps engineered for addictive behavior? (Robinhood, Instagram, Youtube...) \u2639 we are giving up wellbeing for tech &amp; money ?\" class=\"wp-image-16253\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Why are so many apps engineered for addictive behavior? (Robinhood, Instagram, Youtube&#8230;) \u2639 we are giving up wellbeing for tech &amp; money ?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Addictive behavior sells. YouTube won&#8217;t reap all advertising bucks if you occasionally watch a video. If they know you will be checking for fresh content constantly, that&#8217;s cash in the bank. I would not assume that your wellbeing is central to their model &#8211; so please keep it central to yours. If things are getting out of control, University Counseling would be a good option: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/BC-counseling.\">bit.ly\/BC-counseling.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addictive behavior sells. YouTube won&#8217;t reap all advertising bucks if you occasionally watch a video. If they know you will be checking for fresh content constantly, that&#8217;s cash in the bank. I would not assume that your wellbeing is central to their model &#8211; so please keep it central to yours. If things are getting &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2021\/10\/07\/why-are-so-many-apps-engineered-for-addictive-behavior-robinhood-instagram-youtube-%e2%98%b9-we-are-giving-up-wellbeing-for-tech-money-%f0%9f%98%a5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why are so many apps engineered for addictive behavior? (Robinhood, Instagram, Youtube&#8230;) \u2639 we are giving up wellbeing for tech &#038; money ?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16252"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16271,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16252\/revisions\/16271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}