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by jasonm23 1132 days ago
Are European regulations due to people stealing tech devices?

I thought it was due to anti-consumer practices.

2 comments

Not including anti-theft devices that they include in other countries that mandate them is pretty anti-consumer. In this case, it's also extremely costly and dangerous unlike something like not saving website cookies.
It really depends on how the car is marketed, no?
So making cars that lack basic anti-theft features common in other brands of cars doesn’t count as anti-consumer?
No, not if it's not hidden away from the customer and deceptive.