[koprulusector]

I think you're missing the point of the comment you're replying to, and of the story as a whole.

Yes, human beings have agency and are ultimately responsible and accountable for their decisions.

Human beings, like all living organisms, are complex systems. Social media, marketers and advertisers, among others, regularly manipulate and abuse such systems.

So, yes, while it is true that addiction is a spectrum, that spectrum applies to social media as much as it does with other addictions like sugar or amphetamines.

What your argument does is absolve those attempting to abuse such organic, complex systems for their own gain, regardless of the harm it promotes or directly causes.

EDIT:

- Further, in case you're missing the peer reviewed, scientific studies of social media and addiction: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=scholarly+articles+soci...