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I don't know, I definitely find myself getting stuck in a loop of endless scrolling even on lemmy. At least, the client I'm using features endless scrolling, and my alcoholic brain is really bad at cutting myself off.
It's still better for the reasons you stated above. I'm not being flooded with grifters, manipulative advertisements, systematized disinformation, and algorithmically-privileged ragebait content. And my data isn't being harvested and sold to the highest bidder.
But I wouldn't say it's non-addictive. It's still a steady stream of low-effort dopamine. Not always a bad thing, but I definitely still procrastinate just as much.