&gt; Yes. Coke, McDonalds, The Gap and every other consumer company try like hell to create involuntary behaviors in people all the time.<p>The appeal to authority that you have connected to the actions of corporations in regard to ethics does not answer the question I posed. If you want to discuss these companies in particular, I would say that they have all violated what are considered good ethics many times.<p>Is their creation of involuntary habits ethical?<p>&gt; No, at least not for adults of sound mind.<p>What about children and teenagers then? We ban them from cigarettes and gambling. How about apps that are designed like a VLT?<p>&gt; Farmville<p>Wasn&#x27;t Farmville found to be targeting lonely retirees of questionably sound mind?<p>&gt; Yes. Or at least, you and anyone else who wants to can. But making products that people use frequently is a common definition of success. Most comapnies aren&#x27;t going to pass that up because some people have addictive personalities.<p>The destination of my question was regulation surrounding technology and addictive software. I am not an American, so this notion is not anathema to me. :)<p>&gt; Good luck with that. Education vs the Forces of Capitalism. Winner: Capitalism.<p>This is just so cynical it hurts me.