Comment by altern8
16 hours ago
I thought the same thing.
I also don't think there's such a thing as "made in Europe", as if it was "made in USA". Is it made in Germany, Italy, Albania..?
16 hours ago
I thought the same thing.
I also don't think there's such a thing as "made in Europe", as if it was "made in USA". Is it made in Germany, Italy, Albania..?
Surely it's very similar, companies can't - AFAIK - be registered in USA, they're registered in a state. USA's States have different tax and legislative climates, just like EU states do.
There is actually a "European company" structure.
https://europa.eu/youreurope/business/running-business/devel...
Most notably, Airbus is an "European company".
It's not. Part of Russia is in Europe. The geographical limit between Europe and Asia is not well defined.
I think it would be similar to saying "First American chat app that...", which would be ambiguous?
It Is fair to say that "Europe" is a proxy for "European Union", like "America" is usually understood as "United States of America", without any precise geographic connotation.
Their service operates in the European Economic Area, which includes more countries than the EU and is therefore closer to the European geographic surface.
Sure, but the U.S. are a single country, while Europe is many different countries that are completely different.
I'm in Poland and can drive 2 hours and stop understanding what people are saying to me (in German and Czech).
That was my point.
> while Europe is many different countries that are completely different.
I've always found this a weird take. European (EU) countries are more similar to each other than any country outside of Europe is to any European country.
In your example, if you drive two hours to Germany or Czechia, your car will still be insured, all your bank cards will still work, the price of your mobile phone service stays the same, you'll have a good idea how health and employment systems work, and the chances are you'll be able to talk to people in English.
It remains true that the barriers the businesses face are higher, but that's not what your example was about.
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Could even be Turkey west of the Bosphorus.
They can fabricate the product in Bursa and do final assembly in West-Istanbul.
Or Russia...
Correct, Russia is in both Europe and Asia.
Plenty of supermarket products say made in Europe, particularly (but not only) white label products.
Maybe "made in the EU"..? That is not the same thing as "made in Europe".
The words aren't important. The regulated meaning is. Does it have a legal meaning? If so, what is it? Who enforces it? Consider made in Italy vs made in Germany are different in meaningful aspects.
Is there even a regulated meaning to "made in X"?
The way I see it, "made in Europe" may be dubious, but "made in EU" should be just as okay to write as "made in USA". And if it's not a thing, well, nothing is a thing until people make it a thing.
EDIT: also we're talking about a software product here, where most things written on the product is legally meaningless - otherwise we'd have special customs regimes for those major software exporter places like "love" and "♡".
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