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DECLINING ROI FROM UX DESIGN WORK

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Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

UX design has steadily improved, making major usability gains less frequent and reducing its return on investment. Early UX efforts fixed glaring usability issues, delivering high returns. By 2020, most designs followed established best practices, requiring costly refinements for marginal benefits.