(Carl from Obscura here)

I'm a sucker for retro 8-bit graphics and fun mascots, so we went with that, but when we experimented with 8-bit for actual UI and long text we immediately found it to be super unusable and unreadable :-(

> Bonus point for the TRON reference at the end! “I fight for the users!”

Ah ofc the HN poster knows the reference :-) I've had it as my email signature since high school I think.