Nothing against Germans, I’m just wondering why, outside of the English internet, it got such high adoption in Germany compared to eg. France or Spain. I see next to no French/Spanish/etc. content on here in comparison

  • cageythree@lemmy.ml
    6·
    4 hours ago

    Hmm I don’t know actually, but now I’m curious too. From quick search:

    As the newspaper Handelsblatt explains, “angst about potential surveillance is rooted in Germany’s past.” The combined legacy of the Nazi Gestapo and the East German Stasi are thought to be part of the reason Germany has been a pioneer in data protection — with legislation dating back to the 1970’s.

    https://www.codastory.com/surveillance-and-control/coronavirus-germany-privacy/

    • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      23 minutes ago

      Interesting, although seeing as being sensitive about privacy isn’t as big in other post communist countries (at least not here in Czechia), I assume it must just be a generic cultural trait