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Comment author: WhyAsk 03 September 2015 07:32:57PM 1 point [-]

In view of this http://essay.utwente.nl/66307/1/Bolle%20Colin%20-s%201246933%20scriptie.pdf did the smartphone makers anticipate addiction, as did the tobacco companies in the U.S.?

Certainly both are profiting from it.

For me it seems like some version of The Tulip Mania.