What Tony Fadell thinks about Addiction

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Creator of the iPod and co-creator of the iPhone at Apple, founder of Nest, and author of Build.

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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Tony Fadell has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 7 Jun 2026

   Our readingA builder asked to addict users should leave, because there are always other jobs and no amount of money is worth tearing up the fabric of a society.

   Their wordsMake sure you're not trying to addict your users. And if anybody is, there's always other jobs, and there's always other better companies. And don't chase the money for tearing apart what it is, the fabric of the society that we built.

   ↗Tony Fadell: How to build real taste (and why AI makes it matter more)youtube.com 22nd of 23 in this recording