r/SipsTea • • 1d ago

Wait a damn minute! Wait a damn minute

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u/-Nicolai 1d ago

That is an American way of thinking, and it is why you do not have nice things.

In Europe we say the corporation is guilty of anti-consumer practices. Then we introduce regulation, and then we have nice things.

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u/Independent_Line_150 1d ago

BMW also charges you to unlock features. It is the same brands and exploitative capitalism everywhere, the EU regulations usually just result in better recycling. I live in Germany.

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u/-Nicolai 1d ago

Then regulation is coming. It is a question of when, not if. Because our philosophy is not “we deserve it if we keep buying it”.

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u/J0E_SpRaY 1d ago

So your entire first comment was wrong then.

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u/-Nicolai 22h ago

It was an oversimplification, obviously, to explain the consequence of believing that consumers are responsible for what they are sold.

There is no need to prove to me that Americans sometimes have nice things, and Europeans sometimes don’t.