Toys R Us still lives in Canada. She's practically just as you remember her. And she's happy. π₯²
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2 of the 4 stores in Ottawa just closed and a 3rd one is going to soon. I donβt think Toys R Us is doing that well.
Do we really need 4 physical stores in Ottawa, though? I mean yea itβs sprawled to shit but still. Looks like the Merivale is still going and itβs at least pretty central. There are plenty of other toy stores around as well, so the concept of physical locations, at least, is still cruising.
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She's practically just as you remember her.
Except for the soft play area they're adding. She's enshittifying.
Toy store: adds play area for little children
You: 
Have you seen those places? They're a fraction the size of indoor playgrounds, and displace shelves that used to be packed with toys. https://www.toysrus.ca/en/playlab-indoor-playground.html
. Whatβs the point in building a civilization if we canβt have play areas for kiddos.
Hey McDonalds, f*** u
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Except for the soft play area theyβre adding. Sheβs enshittifying.
why is that enshittifying?
In Canada, enshittification makes things even better.
Last time I visited Canada I ate poutine twice in one day and you better believe I faced some enshittification. Great public toilets though; in the states it feels like every city has become a toilet desert, you need to buy a meal at a restaurant just to use a bathroom.
Because every soft play place eventually devolves into a lure to get kids to play overpriced, lootboxified arcade games.
Excited to see the version of Call of Duty that the new Saudi owners produce.
Battlefield surely?
Battlefield: Ghaza
It's one of the aerial levels. :( :(
I'm sorry. I didn't create the news.
Don't forget Trump's son in law
You mean Jared Kushner who along with the Saudis that bought EA?
Jared Kushner has a close relationship with Saudi Arabia, developing a strong alliance with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his time in the Trump administration. Since leaving office, Kushner has had significant business dealings with the kingdom, including a $2 billion investment from Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund into his private equity firm, Affinity Partners. This relationship has drawn scrutiny from ethics experts and congressional investigators.
Hopefully you won't experience it IRL.
Gamer known as ea
I mean... I guess it's true?
You can't turn shit into shit. It's already shit!
Yeah but they can still open the septic tank and let out the bad vibes.
Private Equity . . . Hold my beer!
~~I will never understand how leveraged buyouts are legal. I mean it somehow makes sense in its original form where workers were buying out the patron but now it is just weird.~~
Edit: No this is actually fine if you think about it, it just feels wrong somehow.
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Private equity firm.. So the company will be stripped down and sold for parts.
In his first term, the economy didn't tank. That's it, that's the difference.
It did once his dead switches triggered. Remember that tax bill that gave everyone tax breaks for four years then jumped higher than before? Ya, that was intentional.
Private equity is destroying the west
Come visit Canada if you are nostalgic for toys r us. They still exist. Also in Japan I believe
Would they sell the rights of Dawngate? That's all Im asking for!
They might actually try and sell every IP they can once they gathered as much info on users as they can.
It's time to actually mean it and stop buying from them. No, I mean it. Stahp.
I can't tell if they're an optimist or just naive.
I think they are claiming that EA is already shit? Iβm not positive.
No you're right, but they seem to think that it can't get worse... and it very much can.
:shrug: The EA logo might as well already be a big red stamp "DO NOT BUY!" Not like I could give them any LESS money
I think it's funny that EA publishes on steam now because you can see how bad the reviews are for e.g. the FC game. Most people are obviously not happy with the quality of the games. But some still buy them year after year, for reasons that elude me
Their base is casual gamers where it's basically the only game they buy each year. The cost is very small in those terms, and they don't want to be on the old version despite the issues.
They really could leave the engine as is and sell yearly DLCs to update the team rosters... but this way makes more money, I guess.
I just assume most people are idiots. That really explains a lot of these things.
Where does a boycott end and "their products are just shit" begin?
I asssumed they meant it was already shit, so cant be enshitifed further.?
Challenge accexpted ?
Oh it's a private equity firm
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