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She stopped buying from The Bros and their network of outlets. At least she’d tried to. She wasn’t stupid. She knew almost every arrow was connecting somehow: hosted in a Bro cloud, using Bro agents, tired into Bro capital. But she tried. It wasn’t easy but there were positives. She spent more time wandering around the quieter alleyways in her city as well as online. She enjoyed getting back to discovering bargains and even haggling with smaller shops, artisans or the few remaining independents. She just wished she could find an Agent to do that which wasn’t a Bro Agent.