Amazon is the only place I <i>have</i> seen blatant user-targeted dark patterns. &quot;Order within the next hour to ship today&quot;. Four hours later: &quot;order within the next 2 hours to ship today&quot;. Never mind the lowest-bid delivery acting like this is the first package they&#x27;ve ever handled (a phone call, really?), or email spam from checking a price.<p>I believe a short time after a company acquires a reputation, customers develop a blind spot and you can count on reality being the <i>opposite</i> of that reputation.