I agree, they changed and not for the better.
There is a massive market for maker stuff and they could have gone back to their roots and catered to that market with 3d printing and built on that.
It is kind of ironic that today, with cheap 3d printers and drones, and even cheap robots, there is a lot of innovation and experimentation that is being done by young people. But Radio Shack is not where to go to buy that stuff, unlike their TRS-80, electronics kit days.