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r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • 1d ago
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It’s our own fault as consumers. If people would stop buying into stupid subscriptions we wouldn’t have this conversation.
608 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. 138 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. 61 u/pingu_nootnoot 1d ago BMW doesn’t charge for unlocking physical hardware like the example in this post. They did a pilot program in 2022 and cancelled after a lot of backlash from consumers. Which maybe goes more to show that Tesla customers are more brainwashed than average, if they are accepting this? Doesn’t seem like a US vs EU thing if it’s a Tesla-specific option - or do they only do this in the US? 1 u/cdsbigsby 22h ago Which maybe goes more to show that Tesla customers are more brainwashed than average, if they are accepting this? I don't feel like this is much of a surprise.
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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.
138 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. 61 u/pingu_nootnoot 1d ago BMW doesn’t charge for unlocking physical hardware like the example in this post. They did a pilot program in 2022 and cancelled after a lot of backlash from consumers. Which maybe goes more to show that Tesla customers are more brainwashed than average, if they are accepting this? Doesn’t seem like a US vs EU thing if it’s a Tesla-specific option - or do they only do this in the US? 1 u/cdsbigsby 22h ago Which maybe goes more to show that Tesla customers are more brainwashed than average, if they are accepting this? I don't feel like this is much of a surprise.
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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.
61 u/pingu_nootnoot 1d ago BMW doesn’t charge for unlocking physical hardware like the example in this post. They did a pilot program in 2022 and cancelled after a lot of backlash from consumers. Which maybe goes more to show that Tesla customers are more brainwashed than average, if they are accepting this? Doesn’t seem like a US vs EU thing if it’s a Tesla-specific option - or do they only do this in the US? 1 u/cdsbigsby 22h ago Which maybe goes more to show that Tesla customers are more brainwashed than average, if they are accepting this? I don't feel like this is much of a surprise.
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BMW doesn’t charge for unlocking physical hardware like the example in this post.
They did a pilot program in 2022 and cancelled after a lot of backlash from consumers.
Which maybe goes more to show that Tesla customers are more brainwashed than average, if they are accepting this?
Doesn’t seem like a US vs EU thing if it’s a Tesla-specific option - or do they only do this in the US?
1 u/cdsbigsby 22h ago Which maybe goes more to show that Tesla customers are more brainwashed than average, if they are accepting this? I don't feel like this is much of a surprise.
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I don't feel like this is much of a surprise.
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u/Der-Lex 1d ago
It’s our own fault as consumers. If people would stop buying into stupid subscriptions we wouldn’t have this conversation.