▲ 56 ▼ Gambling becomes America’s favorite pastime as Americans spend more on sports bets than movies, arts, museums, and music combined (fortune.com) submitted 1 month ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/news@lemmy.world 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49992343
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) Its only recently that we can now do it from our pocket. Yeah, and that convenience has made a huge difference. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Taldan@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago That convenience is part of the problem, other part is the billions spent studying users, and the level of data collection Our phones are able to tell us we're pregnant before we even know, and that's without even trying. It terrifies menwhat they're able to do using all that data, after billions have spent learning tibmanipulate users into gambling more permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago That convenience is part of the problem, other part is the billions spent studying users, and the level of data collection Our phones are able to tell us we're pregnant before we even know, and that's without even trying. It terrifies menwhat they're able to do using all that data, after billions have spent learning tibmanipulate users into gambling more permalink fedilink source parent