My guess would be that they just assumed most people would be wearing commissioned con badges. These seem to be nearly ubiquitous now, and they're also one of the more popular at-con commission items (as it's easy to finish a batch of them before the end of the con, vs. trying to finish even a single more complex piece).
That said, I still like to be able to read names on con badges. My own complaint with a couple of past cons' badges is the names being printed in unreadably-small type (normal interaction distance is more than one foot).
My guess would be that they just assumed most people would be wearing commissioned con badges. These seem to be nearly ubiquitous now, and they're also one of the more popular at-con commission items (as it's easy to finish a batch of them before the end of the con, vs. trying to finish even a single more complex piece).
That said, I still like to be able to read names on con badges. My own complaint with a couple of past cons' badges is the names being printed in unreadably-small type (normal interaction distance is more than one foot).