http://needgap.com Find your customers by the problem you are solving for them. Sat, 22 Jul 2023 23:58:00 +0000 <div>Smartphone addiction has become a menace to the society, Some are able identify the detrimental effects of a smartphone's hold on their life early enough to reduce its usage or switch to a <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60763168">dumbphone</a> but many realize it a bit too late and end up in a <a href="https://theprint.in/features/generationnowhere-indias-young-are-fighting-an-invisible-epidemic-smartphone-addiction/880750/">de-addiction center</a> <i>if lucky</i>.</div><div><br></div><div><i>I don't think the problem can be just pinned on the lack of self-control of the individual</i> when <b>Billions of&nbsp; dollars are poured into making apps addictive in the name of increasing the engagement</b>.</div><div><br></div><div>Smartphones are the first computer to the majority of the world population today, Unlike those who had the luxury of witnessing nascent Internet as a resource for Information &amp; Knowledge through computers, <b>the current younger generation is subjected to a barrage of assaults on their senses in the name of entertainment from addiction-optimized apps targeted individually through the exploitation of their privacy</b>.<br><br>Imagine if opioid drugs optimized to each individual for maximum effect is widely available in the society?<br></div> 3 points posted by Abishek Muthian /problems/375-smartphone-addiction-addiction-behaviour 375 Mon, 11 Apr 2022 14:08:00 +0000