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Not to sound condescending but as a German I can tell you that american social networks never enjoyed much trust by us anyways regarding handling of our data.
by woodpanel 9y ago
Not to sound condescending but as a German I can tell you that american social networks never enjoyed much trust by us anyways regarding handling of our data.
Part of that resentment might be caused by anti-american-bias, anti-capitalist-bias, German romanticism and many more but most importantly remembrance of the GDR's Stasi.
Those 60% you mention sound absolutely reasonable even without the cambridge analytica scandal. I know several people who never registered with facebook or whatsapp and are reluctant to do be pushed into it even by close friends and family.
- remir 9y agoAnti-capitalism? Anti-americanism? Please. How many people in Germany use American-made software and services? How many use Windows, macOS or Android? Amazon? Netflix? Uber? Snapchat? Instagram? I see many Europeans talking about "anti-americanism" yet a lot of them consume their products and culture en masse.
- woodpanel 9y agoUsing it yes, but often without letting the product get away without some snark. But, as my sentence structure tried to clarify: anti-capitalism and -americanism might play a role here and there but only a minor one.