cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1386685/dutch-foundation-smc-sues-snapchat-over-addictive-design

Stichting Massaschade & Consumer has today subpoenaed Snap, the company behind Snapchat, at the court of Amsterdam because of the addictive design of the app. It is the first time that a Dutch judge has to rule on the addictive design of social apps, after a wave of similar cases in countries such as the United States.

Characteristic features such as the ‘streak’ and the ‘snap score’ put users under pressure to open the app over and over again, while the European platform law requires apps of this magnitude to protect users from it.

That is why we demand a series of adjustments to the app, and a fee on behalf of Dutch users for the years that that protection was lacking.