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They seem to be in the same situation as Fry’s Electronics. I worked with them the year before they closed and it was exactly as you describe. The shelves were barely stocked, there weren’t enough people, the quality of products went way down.
It’s sad because Best Buy is basically the only place to go to see things in person before buying them. It’s important for TVs, Monitors, Laptops, Keyboards, and more.
It wouldn’t surprise me if they close down for good within a decade.
It would be far from “slavery” in the typical sense.
If this happened, those people would get food, housing, healthcare and job training while getting paid for it.
Though I’m definitely not in favor of conscription because how can you call yourself free if you’re required to do involuntary military work for the government.
It’s about the restrictions they put in place on those who have bought their products. They make it extremely hard to leave their ecosystem, overcharge for services, and prevent interoperability with other products.
They’re only just now allowing RCS to try getting out ahead of these lawsuits. But they still don’t allow side-loading (forcing developers to use their store so they can charge 30% on all sales), don’t allow third-party app stores, and don’t allow third-party browser engines (forcing everyone to reskin Safari).
Plus, in the US, Apple has 55% market share as just one company. The next highest is Samsung at 25%.
So yeah, they can play monopolistic games.
The conservatives are going to run with this, and talk about it endlessly, while the rest of us really don’t give two shits about Hunter Biden.
Where is Life and how do I make them pay for what they’ve done to me?
Pretty sure my wet farts would be more popular than Ron DeSantis.
