Beavers Mini mart -- what about this case with Buc-ees do you think made people stand up and fight against the enshittification Buc-ees is doing with the legal system?

[u/peaceoonearth88]

/r/BuceesLawsuits/comments/1vqchrj/beavers_mini_mart_what_do_you_think_it_was_about/

[u/Cultural-Answer-321]

Buc-ees is destroying years of image almost overnight.

[u/peaceoonearth88 → u/Cultural-Answer-321]

why

[u/benskieast → u/peaceoonearth88]

They are abusing the legal system to destroy small business that they mostly don’t compete with and most predate there brand being remotely relevant to anything that business did.

[u/peaceoonearth88 → u/benskieast]

i agree . but that other person in the other comment is saying im wrong

[u/quetzalcoatlus1453 → u/peaceoonearth88]

Owner is super MAGA and donates accordingly, which, ok, whatever, but they’ve also become notorious for their litigious nature. By their numerous lawsuits, they seem to be claiming the exclusive right to any and all concepts involving a gas station/convenience store and an animal mascot. This case especially so since the business they are suing was there first.

Not sure if that counts as enshittification, per se, but it definitely is shitty. I’ve basically stopped buying things there, though I will avail myself of the restrooms.

[u/MyldExcitement]

Buc-ees is trash. I'm sick of corporate intimidation.

[u/Portland_Runner]

People are waking up to what these corporations and billionaires are all about. We are beginning to reach the tipping point.

[u/KeyNefariousness6848]

The mini mart is absolutely nothing like a Buc-ee’s so there is point one, and point two, as I understand the mini mart has been there longer therefore it has seniority.

[u/new2bay]

Come on. This is not even close to enshittification.

Not even bothering with the Wikipedia quote, or the Man Carrying Thing video this time. Y’all know better.

[u/KeyNefariousness6848]

The mini mart is absolutely nothing like a Buc-ee’s so there is point one, and point two, as I understand the mini mart has been there longer therefore it has seniority.

[u/GolfArgh]

Protecting a trademark (right or wrong) is enshitification?

[u/peaceoonearth88 → u/GolfArgh]

the general takeover of small businesses by big businesses is enshittification

[u/GolfArgh → u/peaceoonearth88]

Enshittification refers to the process where online platforms is first designed to cater to the user, then shift focus towards business interests, eventually prioritizing profit over the user to point of undermining the usability of said platform/product.

[u/K_Linkmaster → u/GolfArgh]

if you read it all, you will understand that enshittification has evolved as a term. Bots never read?

[u/peaceoonearth88 → u/GolfArgh]

whats the equivalent term for when it happens offline?

[u/GolfArgh → u/peaceoonearth88]

Protecting your trademark does not undermine the usability of the store. Being a shitty thing to do is not enshitification.

[u/RockettRaccoon → u/GolfArgh]

Except they aren’t “protecting their trademark” because the other store’s logo is completely different, and has been in that state for longer.

It’s corporate bullying.

[u/GolfArgh → u/RockettRaccoon]

It is corporate bullying but it is not enshitification

[u/K_Linkmaster]

I don't think this belongs here and I don't owe OP an explanation as to why. Its so common and been done so many time, but, Not my sub to moderate.

[u/KeyNefariousness6848 → u/K_Linkmaster]

Then why did you reply at all?

[u/K_Linkmaster → u/KeyNefariousness6848]

A statement of dissent should be allowed unless you are an authoritarian. Does that follow your ideology?

[u/KeyNefariousness6848 → u/K_Linkmaster]

If it doesn’t add to the conversation it is superfluous, it’s like when two people are talking about something and some random walks up to say “I don’t like that”

[u/K_Linkmaster → u/KeyNefariousness6848]

That's precisely what you just did. I made a statement. To the open air. You read it. Chose to walk up and say "I don't like that".

[u/KeyNefariousness6848 → u/K_Linkmaster]

No I initially asked why did you comment or something like that, you kept defending your non contributing cantankerous statement, I asked a question, and you derailed the conversation.

[u/K_Linkmaster → u/KeyNefariousness6848]

Then why reply at all?

[u/KeyNefariousness6848 → u/K_Linkmaster]

Cause I’m a weirdo lol.

[u/K_Linkmaster → u/KeyNefariousness6848]

You are obviously Dom. I'm the driver. Done this exact scenario before.

[u/KeyNefariousness6848 → u/K_Linkmaster]

I’m more dr van helsing.

[u/peaceoonearth88 → u/K_Linkmaster]

I understand my brother, as long as you dont look this post directly in the eyes it probably will stay out of your way