All hell has broken loose since Niantic went ahead with its plan to add a daily limit to Remote Raid passes and increase prices<\/a>, <\/em>much to the dismay of Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em> fans, who responded by striking. But while a large number have called it quits, those who decided to stick around are seeing the impact of the changes, and they claim it has done irreparable damage to local communities\u2014which was the main concern in the first place.<\/p>
\u201cSince the remote raid pass change, we had a week of everyone complaining about the price change and now, all four chats are completely inactive and it seems like people are either playing solo, or not playing at all,\u201d said one fan<\/a>.<\/p>
\u201cAll the group chats around my area have gone silent almost immediately after the update,\u201d said another<\/a>. \u201cThese chats consist of players who started 2016-2017, and have been the backbone of communication and raids.\u201d<\/p>
Others have had similar experiences with WhatsApp groups<\/a> and Discord servers<\/a>, suggesting it\u2019s had a massive impact on the community at large, to the point where the damage might be irreversible<\/a>.<\/p>
The reason, as explained by one fan<\/a>, is a lot of the people who have uninstalled it have \u201cpretty much no interest\u201d in returning after the boycott. Quite a few fans confirmed this was the case, and they used themselves as an example<\/a>.<\/p>
For that reason, fans have summarized the ordeal as a \u201cbad business decision,\u201d<\/a> which is exactly what they said when they first learned about it all in February.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
