Has the US ever been ahead of any of its peers when it comes to consumer rights?
No, but it also stands to profit from those violations of consumer rights, where other countries do not.
Do guns count?
How is that ahead? You mean in head count?
That might be the only thing, actually.
Has the US ever been ahead of any of its peers when it comes to consumer rights?
Fair Use is cool.
In principle it is cool, but large corporations can still bully you into submission even when it should fall under Fair Use.
Ahhh America. "Yeah we're wrong, but we can afford lawyers for centuries, lol good luck" land of the free
It’s ridiculous. I think the law should be written with the expectation that the common citizen cannot afford legal counsel for an unlimited period of time.
I am not a lawyer.
maybe right to repair?
We're trending in the right direction but we're not at all in a position to be saying we're better than anyone on that front, given how much industry pushback there's been.
Has the US ever been ahead of any of its peers when it comes to consumer rights?
No, but it also stands to profit from those violations of consumer rights, where other countries do not.
Do guns count?
How is that ahead? You mean in head count?
That might be the only thing, actually.
Fair Use is cool.
In principle it is cool, but large corporations can still bully you into submission even when it should fall under Fair Use.
Ahhh America. "Yeah we're wrong, but we can afford lawyers for centuries, lol good luck" land of the free
It’s ridiculous. I think the law should be written with the expectation that the common citizen cannot afford legal counsel for an unlimited period of time.
I am not a lawyer.
maybe right to repair?
We're trending in the right direction but we're not at all in a position to be saying we're better than anyone on that front, given how much industry pushback there's been.