It's not black and white, but what you're saying sounds like "just because users have an attention problem doesn't make every social media app an attention grabber"

I mean, companies optimise for profits and at some point people fall for it in excess which is the point OP made.

It kinda makes sense, because the means the companies employ are psychologically advanced plays on people who don't know the spelling of psychology.

I'm probably manipulated into scrolling more than I wanted to or buying more than I wanted to on an everyday basis.