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By that logic, if every dev would face very serious legal consequences, the client could not just hire another dev.

I never liked the "will find another" trope.

The Chinese , after the opium wars, simply executed dealers and users.

Very radical, but you bet dealers wouldn't just find the next user and vice versa

I am for fines for the developers and prison times for the execs. I think both are culpable.

Users could also just not use these apps. Are they not also culpable?

That's a bit like saying heroin addicts simply shouldn't use it, the companies are starving for revenue.