Interested in what exactly is the problem with attention markets and the attention economy? Go read this fantastic paper! It argues that attention markets undermine autonomy.
It does so without misleading appeals to "internet addiction" and based on a subtle understanding of what attention is. And it really clarifies what attention markets are, what is special about recent ones, and why the problem is not only "bad actors".
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11098-025-02436-3