New EU rules needed to make digital platforms less addictive
europarl.europa.eu"- Calls for ban on addictive techniques like endless scrolling or automatic play
- Introducing a digital “right to not be disturbed” and list of good design practices
- Young people are most vulnerable to addictive technologies
Addictive design features (e.g. endless scrolling, pull-to-refresh, never-ending auto-play videos, push notifications, temporarily available stories, likes, read-receipts) play on people’s vulnerabilities and desires and nudge them into spending more time on these platforms."
Without all those things listed at the end, that's a pretty major change to how most popular apps work today.