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Getting hooked on tech

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Are technology companies maximizing profits by making users addicted to their products?

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 61, Issue 6
June 2018
97 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/3229066
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Published: 23 May 2018
Published in CACM Volume 61, Issue 6

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