i hate how you are supposed to pay tax for every bullshit that you have to buy bullshit you don't even need. so here is the story: since 2017 it's obligatory to have smoke detectors in every room (except bathroom and kitchen). so last year assemblers came and installed one in every room, but today all of the smoke detectors had to be replaced by new detectors. you might ask why? well, simply because the landlord bought them from the nearby hardware store instead from the company, that tests the detectors. because this is another new thing: once a the year the smoke detectors have to be tested by them, the assembler told me, of course not for free and they don't test third party devices from other companies, he said. wtf. i mean look at it! it has only 1 single button. you have to push it, if the detector makes a sound it's working. this is how you test it! (the old one looked almost like that and worked EXACTLY this).
this very easily and quickily earned money for no effort. oh yes, i almost forgot that: the battery isn't removeable which means when it dies you have to let the company install a new device. also the 1 year old STILL FUNCTIONING smoke detectors went to the trash. this is nothing more than a huge scam. i don't understand how the politicians can support something like this by a forcing a such stupid law onto people to obligate them to have smoke detectors in private households. people should be able to decide for themselves whether they need detectors or not. but no, sometimes we get treaded like children by the goverment. it's more and more becoming an issue how people are getting ripped off here. not to mention what a huge waste of resources it is. that really pisses me off.