Businesses blindly cucking out to psyops is what made me into a half-hikikomori.
I still go to convenience stores, I still go out for walks, I still go to my girlfriend and all that, I just no longer go to malls, dojin stores, game centers, and other places where I've met hostile staff before (hostile because I refuse to wear a mask).

I even had one case at Sogo last year where I was being chased by a staffer at all times wherever I went for not wearing a mask, and he even went as far as to call the police, and I just escaped by elevator.

And this is how you permanently lose customers mind you, because this one guy singlehandedly made me never want to visit Sogo ever again, doesn't matter if we're in the middle of a psyop or not, I'm simply done with that mall for good.
Apologies no longer work either.