• Derpgon@programming.dev
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      11 hours ago

      On a side note, Audi and VW are both under the same owner.

      Why are German cars a bad choice? I’d rather buy German than get another Citroen tbh.

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        1 hour ago

        Well, Germany is still actively supporting a genocide, and their car industry is probably supplying a not-insignificant amount of funds for that.

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          50 minutes ago

          So does a lot of countries, and I am not sure if a car company has anything to do with decisions of politicians.

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        10 hours ago

        It’ll probably be based on some silly WW2-era grudge, which I find stupid.

        Or Dieselgate, which while awful, despite what the headlines would have you believe, the VW group was far from the only manufacturer with illegally high diesel emissions, in fact, they were far from being the worst.

        There are of course other things, VW has started trying to get into the DLC for cars bullshit that others have, but IMO that pales in comparison to Elon’s bullshit or China literally using slave labour.

        E: oops, there’s some transparency issues on that Wikipedia graph. Dark mode users may struggle. Here’s the link: Diesel Emissions Scandal