It's not like the app landed in their lap, they actively created it and sought to make it as engaging as possible.
This is what most consumer companies do, its just that social media companies have a unique spot in everyones pocket.
You're downplaying this. It's not "just that", it's the whole point. It's hard to make kitchen products more addictive, so it doesn't really matter what the consumer company would like.
fortran77•2mo ago