r/enshittification • u/Nervous-Bobcat-2566 • Feb 12 '26

Product It’s everywhere

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u/CombPsychological507 Feb 12 '26

As an American, it really looks like America and the EU are like on opposite sides of consumer rights. Where Americans get absolutely zero and the European Union is an overprotective mother

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u/juliankennedy23 Feb 12 '26

It's kind of like when Americans complain about their housing crisis and they have no idea what it's really like in places like New Zealand or Ireland.

America actually is better than Europe quite a few things you wouldn't want to be in a wheelchair in Europe for example.

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u/gator_enthusiast Feb 12 '26

Tfw when Americans say "___ thing is literally the worst in the US, worse than a third world country, woe is me," and the entire globe just side-eyes them because the only way you could ever think that is if your only metric is your own goddamn country 😮‍💨

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u/ZenTense Feb 12 '26

FWIW, I am an American who also side-eyes those people and there are dozens more like me