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Parents Sue Gaming Companies Over ‘Video Game Addiction’, Because That’s Easier Than Parenting (www.techdirt.com)
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Parents Sue Gaming Companies Over ‘Video Game Addiction’, Because That’s Easier Than Parenting::Video game addiction. Sigh. Big sigh, even. Like, the biggest of sighs. We've talked about claims that video game addiction is a documentable affliction in the past, as well as the pushback that claim has received from addiction experts, who have pointed out that much of this is being done to allow doctors to get…

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[–] sandriver@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I get the feeling that "Techdirt" may be a bit biased.

[–] cjsolx@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Perhaps a tad.

Personally, I don't much like being told what my conclusion should be from a report. Annoying headline. Unsurprisingly, Timmy goes on to be insufferable throughout the rest of the article too.