I guess our car is not our private space anymore, and we are not given a choice when buying a car from Volkswagen.

  • Stillhart
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    10 months ago

    Yeah I knew someone was going to respond to my rhetorical “I have no idea” and explain it like I actually care. It’s like saying I have no idea why people buy Microsoft or use Twitter despite them being despicable. Obviously there are lot of things about them that a lot of people like. Obviously not everyone knows about all the despicable things these companies have done and continue to do. Obviously not everyone would care enough to stop using them even if they did know.

    But it still frustrates me. I wish the world was a place where companies like VW couldn’t possibly exist because their own employees would never let them do the things they did, much less their customers or the regulators who are supposed to protect us despite ourselves. But, alas, we do not. And I have no idea why. (<— Rhetorical! Nobody has to try to explain why.)

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      10 months ago

      I don’t know about you, but someone who doesn’t care doesn’t write two paragraphs. My don’t care limit is one paragraph max.