- they want repeat players (users)
- they repeat a formula that sells
- when it doesn’t, they look to “adjust” it with something new and preferably cheap
- they give free samples to spread word of mouth
- they try to lock people into their environment
- they always want people to chase the next high
- looking for ways to keep you hooked on something for as long as possible
- they try to use their formula in all their products
j4k3@lemmy.world4·1 day ago- You can get the same endorphins elsewhere for free with just a little extra effort
- you mostly do it because your friends do, but only the dumbest ones you don’t really like all that much anyways
- you are only trying to escape this hell of a dystopia where you don’t own anything… by paying another neo feudal drug overlord to abuse and oppress your masochistic ass