Post #2417203
2026-04-30 12:32 UTC
The screens are designed to be addicting. That's not hyperbole. They literally use data scientists to increase the amount of time and money you spend on them. The longer you scroll, the more time you're playing the game, the more money the developers make on average. Online service providers don't care about your wellbeing. Your parents do. Just like there's more food than chips and cake, there's more to life than being on a screen. Investing in long term hobbies, skills, and friendships won't have the instant gratification to compete with a video game, but 10 years from now you will think back way more fondly on your hours skateboarding or learning to play guitar than the ones you lost online.
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@IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 2026-04-30 13:33
depends on the way you use it as a kid, most of the times I WASNT playing video games but accessing free digital information and I could wire up an esp32 to a 3 inch display and it'd be a "SCREEN" and if you use a FOSS enviroment like graphene, this doesnt apply I "lost online" are you kidding me? I would be homeless and destitute right now if I didnt have the skills I learned from SCREENS as a kid all of this only applies if you consume TechSlop