Answer:
"these charges had a lot to do with technology. Today, shoppers can buy anything the need online. It's faster and easier than going to a mall."
Explanation:
The reason technology affected malls was because everyone was buying online, rather than going to the mall in person. Plus, everyone is rude so who would want to go to a mall with rude people when you wouldn't have to deal with any of that online?
General public, to entertain
That would most likely be the answer. The purpose os a fiction story is to entertain, and no other answers contain that answer choice.
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