It seems that a wave of compassion towards animals is sweeping the educated world, and people are now realizing the unethical side of the leather industry. This is definitely a strong trend, along with turning vegan, and the automotive industry uses a lot of leather… and prides itself on it.
People basically are looking more and more at stuff that’s what they call “cruelty free” and this video by Autogefuhl is aimed at spreading that mentality.
It argues that not only are you promoting an industry based on killing and possibly inhumane treatment, but leather actually has downsides compared to the synthetic stuff. And that’s a point to be made, as I`m sure you too have touched skin with a black leather seat left for hours in the sun, a traumatic experience you still remember today…
I`m not going to go deeper into this, as the video is explicit and doesn’t really need any further explanations.