It's really hard to start a post like this, so I'll just jump into it.
The reason why companies keep lurching to the left cannot be solely some grand elite agenda, because there's no way somebody invited Devolver Digital or some of the other low-tier names that went hard left to the supposed Great Reset meetings.
So why do they do it? Simple. We have short memories, accept apologies too easily and don't double down. They, on the other hand, have the MeToo movement to cancel people who cross them, they boycott effectively and easily due to a lack of targets and they always remember trivial details of when and how people stepped over their line.
Look at the thread about the Five Nights at Freddie's guy, his politics wasn't openly stated, but they tracked down his beliefs and went to war.
I know people are going to say "Why should we take a lecture from someone who buys from CCP-owned Epic Games", but attacking me doesn't make this shit less true.
We need clear red lines. We need an actual maintained and permanent list of companies that crossed us. I made the Female Supremacy Day Shame List 2021, but that's just a start, and I'm sure people disagree with me attacking even the most basic gestures towards that movement as unforgivable, so I don't believe I'd be the best person to be managing the actual list.
I have no faith that the majority of consumers would adhere to any sort of boycott for any length of time.
The predominant ethos of our time seems to be "Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death."
I can't count the number of times I've seen gamers bitch about EA or Blizzard or whomever screwing the customer hardest lately, but then justify purchasing the next release because "but this game looks awesome!" or "I have to buy it because all my friends are playing it," or "but I won't actually buy any microtransactions," or "I'll just pirate it" (as if this isn't increasing the user base for the game and helping its popularity).
Same thing for movies and TV. Disney gutted Star Wars and danced around it its hollowed out carcass, yet I know the majority of fans complaining about the current state are going to line up for whatever sparkly turd Disney shits out next, even while they complain about how everything is woke and lame.
Or fans will continue to tune into pro sports, while the megacorps behind the NFL, NBA et al keep pushing Woke propaganda and getting rich from selling ads to Woke corporations whose products viewers will keep buying even though the ads are calling their customers toxically masculine racists.
And I know Netflix keeps butchering existing properties with Woke casting and garbage writing, and was pushing soft-core child porn, but hey, there's a couple of shows I like, so I keep my subscription!
And sure Amazon is throwing their weight around and banning books that challenge the trans cult, but Alexa is so cool, and it's all so convenient!
There's always some excuse, because I need to have the latest entertainment, and the latest gadgets, dammit! How else should I spend my time? You want me to read a book or something?
I take some solace in recent developments, such as the drop off in viewers of the NBA, and the fact that Rise of Skywalker merely made millions of dollars, rather than millions and millions. But I don't think those slumps will last because of consumers' short attention spans and craving for entertainment.
I hope I am wrong.
EA bought the license to nearly every franchise I play fairly recently. It's pretty sad to think about. I'm trying my hardest not to succumb to my desire to see how their first F1 game turned out.
Only movie I plan on watching this year is Fast and Furious 9. Hopefully it won't be "wymyn power" bullshit. I don't watch TV at all anymore, except for F1 races and sometimes Family Guy. I don't have Netflix or any of the others. I used to have Prime, but left after The Boys came out, because it was sickening women's murder porn.
Nope, never liked any of those. F1 kneels too though, even if the drivers I like don't.
I don't just not have Netflix, but I even have short NFLX. Doing okay so far.
It's so hard to boycott Amazon. I ended up using Ebay during my attempt, but I find it way too shady. At least I don't have Prime.
I agree with your points, but I'm not quite so pessimistic.
There are always ways.
I agree with you. Entertainment should be the easiest area to boycott because it's optional, not necessary. Plus there is so much choice.
Knew a gentleman that was a hardcore IT worker rights person. But then Disney outsourced their IT and forced their native workers to train the foreign replacements, he still went gaga over their shitty Star Wars movies.
I have in-laws that are uber Pro-Trump and America First. But they still support NFL, NBA and MLB including the Mavericks owned by Mark Cuban the CCP dick-sucker. But they are more unWoke than me, because they participated in a Trump rally, even though they still go to movie theaters.
Lord forbid you call them out on their hypocrisy!