IN THE NEWS: “Video game publishers are starting to use "anti-DEI" as a marketing meme.” From a marketing standpoint, does this stand to widen the pool of a product’s new users, or limit it to a specific pool?

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/video-game-publishers-are-starting-to-use-anti-dei-as-a-marketing-meme

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