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>this kind of purposefully half assed event is becoming the norm, and alongside discontinued degraded "bonuses" like 1coin boxes and the current degradation of "discount" boxes makes me wonder what the hell is niantic even aiming forI'd argue they're at worst half-baked instead of half-assed (though even then I don't really think they're half-baked), but everything you've described is because they're starting to struggle and they don't know how to patch holes in a sinking ship. The Pandemic was basically an iceberg to Niantic and the remote raid penguins were not enough to keep the company afloat. They really are just pushing events in a way to stretch people's interest even more than the original 10-year plan tried to and just throwing whatever shop items at the wall to see what will help them plug the holes.
Should be noted that they haven't technically gotten rid of the weekly boxes yet, they've just roped them into the research breakthrough so that you have to do your dailies to get it instead of just opening the shop on Monday and leaving.