From the the article: > Germany had been in line with NHSX, but its government announced on Sunday it had switched tack to a "strongly decentralised approach".

From the the article: > Germany had been in line with NHSX, but its government announced on Sunday it had switched tack to a "strongly decentralised approach". Today's Stratechery (https://stratechery.com/2020/more-on-apple-and-google-germany-versus-apple-facebooks-surveys/ https://stratechery.com/2020/more-on-apple-and-google-german...): > What is worth noting is why Germany changed their approach: > > Germany as recently as Friday backed a centralized standard called Pan-European Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing (PEPP-PT), which would have needed Apple in particular to change the settings on its iPhones. When Apple refused to budge there was no alternative but to change course, said a senior government source. > This is exactly what I was driving at in Coronavirus Clarity: tech companies are the ones setting the rules, not governments.