Originally Posted by
hairys
Well, we disagree that it was outside the company's control. Let's leave it at that, as I don't want to rehash previous posts.
I do find it interesting, though, that whenever it becomes a corporation vs customer debate these days, so many (and so many of a particular ideology) tend to side with the corporation these days. Like I said, if DC and Marvel hadn't been frequently late PRE-pandemic, I'd maybe cut them more slack now, but I think the conclusion that makes the most sense to me is that DC and Marvel no longer prioritize being on-time like in the days when Shooter was running things. But back to corporations for a moment. I think it was genius when about a decade ago most big corporations decided to pander to a certain political demographic with their marketing of identity politics. Now, whenever these corporations make a mistake or do something wrong (i.e. DC and Marvel's low page rates for labor), they don't receive nearly the blowback that they would've received a decade or two ago when that political demographic would've held them more to account. The Left and corporations are now aligned, moreso than ever in history, and customers and labor probably lose under that dynamic.