stonehead<p>A few months ago, the book store <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Bruna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bruna</span></a> on Utrecht Central Station was renovated for a week. It was turned into a "gift shop" with self-service checkouts, with only half of the most far away space left to be dedicated to books and magazines. A despicable "improvement".</p><p>The <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> hater who dreamt this up, did the same to the Bruna in Nijmegen central station last week. Less room for paper, less space to walk through if you actually want a book, less room for the employees even. Not long before the renovation, those employees had built a 'book island' for new YA and booktok titles. Those books now end up in the lowest shelf in a random closet. Apparently the profit margin is higher on Funko pops.</p><p>I hate capitalism.</p>