# app addiction

Published articles for app addiction.

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## Why Tech Companies Hid the "Log Out" Button (And How to Win It Back)

DevFeed: [Why Tech Companies Hid the "Log Out" Button (And How to Win It Back)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-tech-companies-hid-the-log-out-button-and-how-to-win-it-back-9280.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://webdesignerdepot.com/why-tech-companies-hid-the-log-out-button-and-how-to-win-it-back/>)

Author: Simon Sterne

Published: 2026-09-01T12:33:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Web Designer Depot](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/web-designer-depot.md>)

Topics: [User interface design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ui-design.md>)

Tags: [app-addiction](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app-addiction.md>), [attention-economy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/attention-economy.md>), [behavioral-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/behavioral-design.md>), [dark-patterns](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dark-patterns.md>), [digital-minimalism](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-minimalism.md>), [digital-wellbeing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-wellbeing.md>), [internet-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet-culture.md>), [logout-button](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logout-button.md>), [online-privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/online-privacy.md>), [persuasive-technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/persuasive-technology.md>), [product-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-design.md>), [social-media](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/social-media.md>), [software-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-design.md>), [tech-industry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech-industry.md>), [technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui.md>), [ui-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui-design.md>), [user-autonomy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-autonomy.md>), [user-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-experience.md>), [ux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ux.md>), [ux-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ux-design.md>), [ux-usability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ux-usability.md>), [web-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-design.md>)

### AI overview

An opinion piece arguing that platforms make logging out deliberately difficult to prioritize engagement, tracking, and business metrics over user choice.

### Source excerpt

Ever noticed that signing in takes one tap, but logging feels like solving a puzzle?That's not bad design. It's a business strategy. The modern internet has quietly turned "leave" into the hardest button to find--and most people never realized it was happening.

## The Dope Cycle and a Deep Breath

DevFeed: [The Dope Cycle and a Deep Breath](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-dope-cycle-and-a-deep-breath-36765.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shostack.org/blog/dope-cycle-and-deep-breath/>)

Author: Adam

Published: 2017-07-21T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shostack-friends-blog.md>)

Topics: [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Chrome](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chrome.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [app-addiction](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app-addiction.md>), [chrome](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chrome.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [psychology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/psychology.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [tool](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tool.md>)

### AI overview

The article examines how app and site designers use behavioral techniques to drive engagement, then discusses Space, a tool from Dopamine Labs that uses neuroscience and AI to help users reduce app addiction. It notes that Space is available as a Chrome plugin and as an iOS and Android app.

### Source excerpt

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