Hexagons [e/em/eir]@hexbear.nettoWorld News@lemmy.ml•North Korea enforces an anti-shorts law - but it's only affecting womenEnglish
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1 year agoThe source for this? Radio Free Asia interviewed one (1) anonymous person.
The source for this? Radio Free Asia interviewed one (1) anonymous person.
I’m not surprised they walked it back. They’ve pulled the classic “new coke” trick here: put out something deeply terrible no one will ever agree to, then walk it back pretty significantly to something still shitty and exploitative, but not as bad as what you had threatened. Your customers feel like this is a win, but they’re still stuck with a worse deal than before the beginning of the debacle.