Let’s not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Mandated warranty minimums and right to repair regulations are not mutually exclusive. We can do both, even if we don’t do them at the same time.

If that’s the solution… then the project has already failed.

Think you answered your own question there.

Mandated warranty periods. Pretty straight forward.

And they currently engineer product to have things fail right after their warranty expires, so, that’s not really a concern, since we’re already living with that.

Right? All the little “misc/everything” stores disappeared.

Now if I want something isn’t 100% normie/mainstream, then I can’t find it in store anywhere.

I couldn’t even find thermal paste for a PC build in store anywhere.

Terrible? Yea. Awful? Yes. Unamerican? Absolutely.

Mind blowing? No… not at all.

Hence the “joke” part….

I moved from the U.S. to Germany in 2020.

My running joke since was wondering whether I’d be eligible for citizenship or asylum first….

Almost over the finish line for being eligible for citizenship, but I feel like asylum isn’t that far off.

What and why are they holding back? 16 rounds… why are you holding things back at this point? Because the 17th time is the charm?

Incrementalism isn’t going to accomplish anything here.

It won’t be, but I really hope this is the kick in the pants that these complacent EU and member state politicians need to actually do something.

Just go with Bazzite.

There a four Teslas in my buildings underground parking garage here in Germany. One of them my own.

3 of the 4 of them have that sticker. Also, one of them my own.

The one that didn’t, did have it, until he needed some service done, and when the car came back, the sticker was gone. So, I don’t know if he removed it to avoid any issues, or if that was a “service” that Tesla provided.

I placed the order in 2021, so truly we didn’t know. It was back when Germany had the €9,000 subsidy and it made sense.

It’s sad what he’s done, because I love the car, but hate what he’s done. But I’m not at a point where I can just get rid of it because he lost his marbles.