Regulators in the US and EU have gone after Meta and TikTok for being too addictive but it stands to reason that any app which you spend hours in can be sued on similar grounds.
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Regulators in the US and EU have gone after Meta and TikTok for being too addictive but it stands to reason that any app which you spend hours in can be sued on similar grounds.
It’s now Netflix’s turn and it seems inevitable that popular games will eventually get sued.
https://www.reuters.com/world/netflix-sued-by-texas-allegedly-spying-consumers-2026-05-11/

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Regulators in the US and EU have gone after Meta and TikTok for being too addictive but it stands to reason that any app which you spend hours in can be sued on similar grounds.
It’s now Netflix’s turn and it seems inevitable that popular games will eventually get sued.
https://www.reuters.com/world/netflix-sued-by-texas-allegedly-spying-consumers-2026-05-11/

@carnage4life RIP WoW.
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Regulators in the US and EU have gone after Meta and TikTok for being too addictive but it stands to reason that any app which you spend hours in can be sued on similar grounds.
It’s now Netflix’s turn and it seems inevitable that popular games will eventually get sued.
https://www.reuters.com/world/netflix-sued-by-texas-allegedly-spying-consumers-2026-05-11/

@carnage4life I think you're lumping this all in the same bucket: addictiveness is sometimes debatable, but privacy violations are more clear cut, especially with U18 users.
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