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For my subvertisement, I went with an advertisement from Apple, for the iPhone 6. In what is in a way similar to Feed, I do not really like how tons of people in today’s world are so addicted to their phones. The original ad says, “iPhone 6: Because you deserve nothing less than the best.” Now, I do not have a terrible problem with their advertisement, as I realize they have to do their best to attract people to buy their product. However, I do not totally agree that people necessarily deserve to have an iPhone. I have always believed that you get what you work for. To address my main issue with the world addiction to iPhone’s, I changed the wording of the advertisement to, ”More addicting than ever.” Then, on the screen of the iPhone I put a drawing I found of someone holding a phone, and it looks as if it is becoming biologically attached to them, almost like what we see in Feed. All around me, I see people addicted to their phones. The average person supposedly checks their phone eighty-five times per day. I think that this addiction to phones is hurting people’s, especially young people’s, conversation skills. People will be at a party, and will pull out their phones and zone out from wherever they are as soon as they get a little bit bored. I am guilty of this myself. Sometimes I will see people pull out their phones while they are in the middle of a conversation with someone. People can’t even watch a movie in one sitting without being distracted by their phones. This is frustrating. People are never alone now today, and I don’t think that is a totally good thing. I think it is important that people have time where they are alone with themselves and their own thoughts.