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For sure and I wouldn’t go with a company like that either. It’s basically an apparel item made from a synthetic performance fabric. However most suppliers also provide at least one wool or merino product. I’d be fine with it personally because as you say, it’s good to promote the vegan alternatives since even non vegan companies will in turn produce more of the good stuff and less of the bad if the market goes that way.
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I think it's a good thing - mainstream companies offering non-animal based products not only makes it seem less niche and more likely to be seen by the consumer, but (hopefully) will show large corporations that the market exists and these products are valid alternatives
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I saw a documentary on veganism on german telly a while back, they interviewed a lot of people, amongst them an englishman that had a business selling shoes - he just started with a whole line of vegan shoes, looked into the camera and said frankly he didn't care about the animals at all, yet if people wanted to buy those things he'd be happy to sell them.
It's like the animals don't really care why / how you choose vegan options,
plus the old concept of voting with your wallet.tl;dr - just buy the vegan stuff
yokes
salad
No I know, I was kinda letting you know my opinion of it :-), as in i don’t mind per se. I think it’s benefical to support vegan alternatives from all sources to bring about wider change.
Now that you’ve raised the point however you’ve got me thinking about it... if the company had a bad reputation for particularly cruel or inhumane practice then I’d say no, I wouldn’t buy a ‘vegan’ product from them. But where do you draw the line at that. It’s a tough decision for sure