--- title: WORSE ON PURPOSE | daily.dev description: A newsletter called 'Worse on Purpose' publishes investigative essays on corporate enshittification — how trusted brands quietly degrade quality to protect... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/worse-on-purpose-u4xkqeqet twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: WORSE ON PURPOSE | daily.dev og:description: A newsletter called 'Worse on Purpose' publishes investigative essays on corporate enshittification — how trusted brands quietly degrade quality to protect... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/worse-on-purpose-u4xkqeqet og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/U4xkqEqET.png og:image:alt: WORSE ON PURPOSE og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # WORSE ON PURPOSE **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A newsletter called 'Worse on Purpose' publishes investigative essays on corporate enshittification — how trusted brands quietly degrade quality to protect margins. The teased piece covers Whole Foods: founded in Austin in 1980, rebuilt by loyal customers after a flood, built on a philosophy of caring for workers and community, then acquired by Amazon for $13.7 billion, after which buying was centralized and stores were scored for unionization risk. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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