"Last year, a study found that cars are steadily getting less colourful. In the US, around 80% of cars are now black, white, gray, or silver, up from 60% in 2004. This trend has been attributed to cost savings and consumer preferences. Whatever the reasons, the result is hard to deny: a big part of daily life isn't as colourful as it used to be."
"This bears talking about. One of life's great fallacies is that things get better over time on their own. They can, but it's certainly not a given. I don't think the moral arc of the universe does not bend towards justice, not on its own; I think it bends wherever it is dragged, kicking and screaming, by those with the will and the means to do so."
Cars in the US have trended toward grayscale, with about 80% now black, white, gray, or silver, up from 60% in 2004, driven by cost savings and consumer preference. Mass consumer products and public discourse are showing reduced variety and vibrancy. The modern web is undergoing similar homogenization: standardized templates, optimization practices, A/B testing, AI-produced content, shoddy services, and enshittification are eroding creative diversity. Market research and performance-driven design favor predictable, lowest-common-denominator interfaces over stimulating choices. The founding spirit of free expression from early web spaces like GeoCities and personal blogs is fading. Progress requires deliberate effort, not automatic improvement.
Read at Smashing Magazine
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