> Unfortunately it is exactly what users "want".

No it isn't. No one "wants" to be addicted.

> Any for-profit social media will eventually degrade into recommendation media over time.

They will measure you then do everything they can to increase the number of minutes you spend on the site. The media recommendation is a consequence of cost. It's very cheap for them to maximize your time spent using other peoples content.

> It’s our human lizard brain on dopamine.

There are tons of ways to get dopamine flowing into your brain. Which is why it was important for Meta to monopolize and dominate the field. Turns out lizard brains are exceptionally fickle.

>No one "wants" to be addicted

Not consciously, no. But our conscious mind is just the tip of the iceberg, half-filled with post-hoc rationalizations for numerous unconscious urges. We don't have to call them "wants", but maybe "desires" works better.