No guts anymore
The Germans do not have guts anymore. After world war II we were educated to be docile and feel sorry for what our parents and grandparents did. However, the problem is different. Most people do not care about privacy anymore.
George Orwell (1984) is as amazing as Jules Vernes. Both were far ahead of their time.
WhatsApp /Google / Facebook?? - special services and everybody else who wants to know anything about you have lots of voluntary and unpaid employees. and it is YOU.
Yes, I am German.
However, one of the few advantages of being a German nowadys is being a German tourist. For reasons unknown to me, the rest of the world seems to like us.
By the way, I always behave in such a way that someone else might accept me (I even give tips).