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Comment by philipwhiuk

4 days ago

> If they break their promises, you can sue them. Without any guns coming out.

Providing you and they are in a country who is prepared to use 'guns coming out' to enforce the outcome of said suing.

Private contracts are a lot more robustly enforced in most parts of the world than promises of the government.

You can also do jurisdiction shopping: many companies deliberately contract under eg London law instead of local law.