"We’re democratising access to X": an expression I didn’t know before joining Sifted but one I now read every single day.
Opinion
April 10, 2023
Startups, I beg you: please stop democratising access to things
You can make accessing your crypto app the most undemocratic event ever for all I care
2 min read
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