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Undecided but leaning towards "no" because I honestly don't see what this accomplishes other than PR for the companies involved. Certainly not nearly as effective as targeting specific Russian officials and institutions.

To those saying it puts pressure on citizens: how? What is the proposed mechanism here? Normal protesting seems laughable and as mentioned the only ways I see change happening is through a violent revolution or organized labor strike. Sanctions that primarily affect ordinary Russian citizens seem blatantly counterproductive to both of those goals, plus you run the risk of displacing animosity from the Russian government to these companies.

We actually saw this play out in miniature with the Sims 4 gay wedding drama that happened right before this, which was a total political mess that didn't accomplish much of anything. And now EA is back to not selling in Russia for entirely different reasons, which is very ironic.