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The 3-Stage Trick Behind Every Addictive App

2026-04-13 People & Blogs
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@MrMamfred77 2026-04-13

A serious question: As designers, aren’t we contributing enormously to the great evil that humanity is currently facing in the digital world? Aren’t we the root of all evil when we manipulate—or at the very least exploit—the human psyche in this way? Can we ethically justify this? Is this what we want?

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@lukastresnakofficial 2026-04-19

If you are using the dopamine hooks in a gambling app then you are succeeding as a UX designer but failing as a human being. You are voluntarily contributing to a well researched and known problem. You have became part of the problem. If you were using examples from an app that aims to help users be more healthy then I would applause you and share your content. Instead I hate this video.

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@raihan.quran600 2026-04-14

I have been a fan of your work for 3 months now. You are concise with your words and direct in your speech. God Bless you man. Please keep making more such videos.

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@yelowpunk 2026-04-15

apps should be without logins without notifications and without fanfare. dopamine dealers should be curtailed.

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@Kcinnay001 2026-04-13

Great video! How are the animations created in the app, are they lottie animations or gifs?

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@aldosrr 2026-04-13

Great video. I hope for more regulations. All these addicting apps are bad and we can't just blame the user. Many people I know says they would prefer not to spend that much time on social media and e-commerce sites, but they can't. So, let's start treating this as an actual addiction. Governments regulate drugs.

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@kamaravichow 2026-04-17

this guy tommorow: air flows west to make your dopamine hit right

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@Tepid-Light 2026-05-02

so underrated video

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@King70han 2026-04-15

Yo i have been watching your vids for a while you look very intelligent in this ui design Field can you tell me like how much you offer for a app design and like is it a 1 time buy or recurring help with UI design and improvements? Would be great hearing from you

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@khalidnouri 2026-04-13

more videos like this one please!

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