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Or maybe the majority of those people have crappy WordPress websites because they got some social proof that having a website equals making more money, so they scammed some freelancer out of some hours and hey presto.

Then the social proof moved to proprietary darknets, e.g. Facebook pages, which is easier - you don't have to learn anything.

I've seen no local small business care about its webpage, but I've seen a lot of them painfully struggle with crappy LOB smartphone apps.

I expect software and UX to only decline in quality.