How Apps Are Designed to Keep YOU ADDICTED:
Are we addicted to smartphones? Well, the problem is, our devices are designed to keep
us engaged. They're intentionally addicting. But if you understand the tricks that grab your attention, you can learn to control your phone, instead of having it control you.

So how does this addiction work?

It starts with notifications. They used to signal when another person was trying to communicate with you, like a friend sending you a text. When you get a call, a text, or a message, it's usually because another person wants to communicate with you, but a lot of today's
apps simulate the feeling of that kind of social interaction, to get you to spend more
time on their platform.

The average person gets over 45 a day, but you probably didn’t realize that. That’s because if an app sends you tons of annoying notifications, you’re probably going to turn them off or even delete the app, and that’s no good for the companies that make them. So they play a delicate cat and mouse game, trying to send you as many notifications as possible keeping you on their platform, without sending you so many that you would do something about it.

Apart from push notifications, there are subtle features keeping you glued to your screens. Most apps use these bright, contrasting colors to catch your eyes. And many have taken queues on keeping people hooked from casinos like the use of slot machines to unlock items in-game. It’s no coincidence that the current fourth top-grossing game is literally a slots game.

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