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  • I don’t believe in free will

    LOL what!? Please elaborate because this sounds like a fundamental, much deeper problem than what we’re discussing.

    trying to solve the problem by going after the end result just isn’t going to work

    I don’t know what that’s supposed to mean. I’m not “going after the end result”, I’m just holding the responsible parties responsible.

    you’re not going to solve anything without going after the source of the problem, which is the development of the technology in the first place

    Development would end tomorrow if people stopped using it.

    You could make similar arguments about using computers

    Uhhh no, I don’t think so. You could make similar arguments regarding computers in the context of consumerism and lack of ability or willingness to repair or demand repairability, yes.

    or social media

    Not in general. All the major platforms, I can and do make a very similar argument.

    The crux of the problem isn’t that people are using the tools that are made available to them, it’s that tools are being made available without properly considering the long term negative consequences, and only with a view towards short term profits.

    Incorrect, it is both.