https://marco.org/2009/12/22/the-digital-world-even-the-high-end-brands-has
The digital world, even the high end brands, has become a sleazy carnival, complete with hawkers, barkers and a bearded lady. By the time someone actually gets to your site, they’ve been conned, popped up, popped under and upsold so many times they really have no choice but to be skeptical.
— Seth Godin (via everyone)
This is a huge part of consumers’ erosion of trust in technology.