The creator of the Telegram messenger Pavel Durov & nbsp; criticized the content of the American streaming service & nbsp; Netflix and the short video creation and viewing service TikTok, owned by & nbsp; Chinese company & laquo; ByteDance & raquo;.
“ Most people prefer to feed their mind not with real facts that can change the world, but with random Netflix TV shows or TikTok videos. To be creative and productive, we need to clean the sticky mud of irrelevant content from our minds, ”he wrote on Telegram.
Durov clarified that this content is offered to users by recommendation algorithms. He also added that “ on a deep level '' the human brain cannot distinguish fiction from reality. Therefore, according to the businessman, the abundance of digital entertainment forces the subconscious to seek solutions to non-existent problems. In addition, he criticized the 60Hz iPhone screens … It was also reported that Durov & nbsp; urged users of the iOS operating system to switch to Android due to the fact that Apple, in its opinion, is hindering the free exchange of information.