During the lockdown people were paying close attention to news and gov. got all the attention it wanted. In particular for France, regulations were passed to a

During the lockdown people were paying close attention to news and gov. got all the attention it wanted. In particular for France, regulations were passed to allow or deny activities, set curfew etc. with hefty fines associated, all of that at a few days notice at most. So, not closely following the news was not an option, and the tracing app got plenty of air time. Now, it came after a month or two of bullshit from the health dept (“you don’t need masks, also go vote in person, it’s fine”), which itself came after half a year of protests against the gov, so most people weren’t sold on gov’s good intents on not abusing the app, especially as Apple/Google’s privacy focused solution was not adopted.