My infinite scrolling ebook reader is now also addictive and dangerous? Wtf are you on about, i'm talking about this specific feature not addicting algorithms.
Infinite scrolling is not a dark pattern and also not deceptive in any way.
A dark pattern is something like amazon asking you four times in different wording and different user interface if you would really like to cancel the service.
Steam is completely browser based, if you scroll on your own games page, the "Steam Client WebHelper" uses all the CPU, the process steamwebhelper.exe sits in cef.win64, aka Chromium Embeded Framework.
I hope your boss won't pay you, because that honestly sounds like a logistical nightmare! They'd need like specialized employees and stuff to pay people! Craaazy!
You should read up on the position of germany before making dumb posts like this https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aussenpolitik/regionaleschwerpunkte/nahermittlererosten/middleeastconflict-228366