Comment on Funko, BrandShield speak out about itch.io takedown

• Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  They have also had EVERY opportunity to rename themselves, over a century, and haven’t, which means they want the reputation the name has.

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  • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    If you had a business that boiled down to “corporate mercenary” don’t you think it would be incredibly convenient to have a reputation as a villainous bulldog?

    There are very few companies who get to pretend they don’t give a flying shit about people. This is one who will thrive on that reputation. Pinkertons and whatever Blackwater is now.

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    • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      There’s a difference between “villainous bulldog” and “your association with them may get you shot in parts of america” (Appalachia IIRC)

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      • medgremlin@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Unfortunately, the swing to the right and the rise of shit like “Blue Lives Matter” has changed this in some places. When I was in the western part of Virginia for school, there was a local car dealership called “Pinkerton” and I saw their dealership license plate frames and emblem on a LOT of cars in the area. Many of those cars also had the Gadsden vanity plates and a bunch of blue lives matter, trump, etc. stickers on them.

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    • mosiacmango@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      And yet Blackwater has renamed itself again and again.

      Apparently there is a “whoops, too much” level of villainy, even for villain factories.

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      • Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I think Blackwater renamed for the benefit of whoever was hiring them, not any other reason. It’s been decades and the first name that pops into my head when someone says PMC is ‘Blackwater’. Do you have any idea how much war crime they need to do to get back that level of brand recognition?

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