It's for that person to decide whether changing their habits is a positive goal to pursue.
effects don't matter, making money matters
> 56 neuroscience-based studies [...] All but one provide support for the addiction model as their findings mirror the neurological findings reported in substance addiction studies.
> Over 60 studies reporting findings consistent with escalation of porn use (tolerance), habituation to porn, and even withdrawal symptoms
> over 40 studies linking porn use/porn addiction to sexual problems and lower arousal to sexual stimuli
> Over 80 studies link porn use to poorer sexual and relationship satisfaction
> Over 90 studies link porn use to poorer mental-emotional health & poorer cognitive outcomes.
> over 40 studies link porn use to “un-egalitarian attitudes” toward women and sexist views
> Got it. No evidence.
HOWEVER, many people simply want to change their own behavioral patterns and have a hard time doing it. Will they be measurably "happy" if they succeed? That's not the point. There's value in being able to do something (or stop doing something).
None of these things are ever going to be "quantifiable" in a practical sense.
How rational of you.