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I caught that too, can only imagine what the public at large will think of this were it to happen.

From how the stock market is reacting, some people clearly don't think the public at large will care

They won't; people spend a lot of money to farm virtual crops. That same group of people will do whatever it takes to keep farming.

Nothing. The general public doesn't care, only us nerds on websites like this do and when you think about it, it's a very sad and disturbing reality.