[thefz]

Because everything has to be a product nowadays, and keep on generating revenue.

You don't want to make things that people will buy anymore. You need to maximize engagament, please investors, sell your user's telemetry to the highest bidder.

I blame capitalism and especially America for this.

[marginalia_nu]

Dunno, a lot of this wave of scamming seems to be coming out of China and India as well, even if American companies like Amazon are ostensibly guilty of enabling and profiting from it.