That said, cigarettes were the same thing so I think in the future the solution to "habit forming tech" is simply to create a cultural push back and potentially regulate.
internet got to me to a point that when my line is broken I feel better in less than a second.
I have an issue, I'm a hoarder, and internet / socnet are an infinite graph to walk so I have a hard time not walking. Similar to the concept of "not missing things" (forgot the usual term).
The Theory of Addiction is no longer about dependence or withdrawal, it is about getting people to perform repetitive action. It doesn't matter what that action is.