Why Email Spam Looks Better Than Usual These Days

The problem with making coding easier for more people is that it makes spam more conventionally attractive. Which is bad.

Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet.
This is interesting but I am not surprised. People got used to spammers putting in zero effort because it's a game of scale for them. Well now zero effort still gets them all the way there when it comes to looking convincing.