Having worked in e-commerce for a few years I can identify with all these horrible persuasion tactics.
I've been in many design review meetings where these were discussed/proposed
and often had to bite my lip to avoid openly saying:
"that's good for short-term conversion but horrible for **long-term" ...
https://www.alexcharlton.co/projects/booking-com-de-stresser via: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35590734 (agree with top comment)
Having worked in e-commerce for a few years I can identify with all these horrible persuasion tactics. I've been in many design review meetings where these were discussed/proposed and often had to bite my lip to avoid openly saying: "that's good for short-term conversion but horrible for **long-term" ...