07 May 15, 11:21PM
So XRD owns a megamall. Let's call it the Master Server megamall. Inside this megamall, there are several chain stores. Some are owned by the aCKa corporation. Others by the ESP corporation. Still others by the <> corporation, the .4X corporation, the |FaD| corporation, the |DES| corporation. Of course, some corporations are owned by the same guy. The aCKa corporation and the ESP corporation are all under the Perros umbrella. There are even little guys that own a little stand in the middle of the mall (Pi_Halo, Exodus, XRD). One day, the owner of the aCKa and ESP corporations decides that they are not going to allow, say, Fredrik into any of their stores and if he is found in any of their stores he will be kicked out immediately. So the corporation asks the megamall to put a sign in front of their store: No Fredrik Allowed. Word gets around that Fredrik had been ripping clothes off the shelves, dumping them on the floor, even coming in drunk one day and taking a dump in the fitting rooms. "Wow", says the CEO, "it is fairly straightforward to disallow undesirables into our store". He then sets down rules that nobody who rips clothes off the racks, throwing things on the floor, or taking dump in the fitting rooms is allowed. And as more employees catch customers doing this, their name is also given to mall security and added to the big list of troublemakers.
Fast forward a couple of months, and some legitimate customers have been banned for taking clothes off the racks to look at them and find the correct fitting. They are angry at first, but they move on. Other people are banned for accidentally dropping things on the floor. They too are angry at first, but they move on and stop shopping at stores owned by Perros Umbrella Inc. But at this point in time, the owner of the megamall is all like "Whoa, there's a big black spot at one end of the mall where no one shops. What's going on here?' He then asks the community if there is enough support not to renew the contract with Perros Umbrella Inc and if there is, he will kindly ask them to do business elsewhere. Sure, Perros Umbrella Inc can dictate what happens in their store, but Master Server Megamall can ask them to do business elsewhere.
Fast forward a couple of months, and some legitimate customers have been banned for taking clothes off the racks to look at them and find the correct fitting. They are angry at first, but they move on. Other people are banned for accidentally dropping things on the floor. They too are angry at first, but they move on and stop shopping at stores owned by Perros Umbrella Inc. But at this point in time, the owner of the megamall is all like "Whoa, there's a big black spot at one end of the mall where no one shops. What's going on here?' He then asks the community if there is enough support not to renew the contract with Perros Umbrella Inc and if there is, he will kindly ask them to do business elsewhere. Sure, Perros Umbrella Inc can dictate what happens in their store, but Master Server Megamall can ask them to do business elsewhere.