The social media addiction lawsuits feel half overdue and half weirdly late. Of course these companies knew endless scroll, streaks, alerts, and autoplay were keeping kids hooked. That wasn’t some accident of design, it was the business model. But I also don’t buy the easy line that parents and schools have zero role here. My take: treat these apps more like products that need age-based safety rules by default, especially for minors, instead of acting shocked every few years when another internal memo says the obvious.