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These days there exist four-season tyres, which to my knowledge meet the requirements of countries that require winter tyres in winter or wintery conditions.
Those all season tyres are really just a bad compromise, I wouldn't bet my life on them. And with the tyres being the interface to the road, responsible for keeping the car on the road and making it stop in a timely manner when you hit the brakes, you are literally betting your life on them.
They are still functional tyres. I've been driving on all season tyres for years now and it's never been an issue.
I live in a country with a relatively mild climate, so we don't really get extreme winters or summers. All season tyres are plenty good enough for the occional light dusting of snow in winter.
All season tires are a marketing term. It's not possible to make rubber formulas that work across a 50 degree temperature range. If they did work in cold weather, then would wear quickly in hot weather.
While they do meet the requirements they are objectively worse than dedicated winter tyres in the winter and vice versa for summer. As a Norwegian I'd never trust all season tyres in the winter, at least not here in Norway. Non-studded winter tyres work good enough in the cities, but studded tyres are the best regardless of where you drive in the winter.
As a Dutchman, I just don't want to get fined when driving into Germany. Preferably without breaking the bank.
yeah but the tradeoff is you'll use more fuel.
The major trade-off is the time and distance it takes to brake and that the tyres get stressed more heavily in comparison to seasonal ones.
yeah they're just less good overall