For historical reasons Germans understand better than many others that big brother is a bad thing. Firefox has a bigger market share in Germany than many other

For historical reasons Germans understand better than many others that big brother is a bad thing. Firefox has a bigger market share in Germany than many other countries. Germans were so much against Google streetview that Google gave up and has never rolled it out to anywhere else than a couple of pilot regions. Many people seem to use startpage for web search. In Berlin local activists hindered Google from opening a new office. So not using gmail is just in line. Disclaimer: I am German but haven't lived there for decades and wonder why in other countries many people still seem to like Google.