It’s not you. Phones are designed to be addicting.

Vox · 3.2M views · 2018 · 5:49

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Why the open web links it

Explains how smartphone design intentionally exploits human psychology to create addiction.

Linked by 22 independent sites, 3 of them widely read in the 2026-10 crawl of the open web, including pyrus.com, focusonthefamily.com, stibee.com, eslbrains.com, bastter.com.

Cited in 1 Wikipedia article, including Pull-to-refresh.