Domain issues aside, Germany's own privacy laws (at the complete opposite end of the spectrum from the US) are just as likely to cause anti-business sentiment.

Domain issues aside, Germany's own privacy laws (at the complete opposite end of the spectrum from the US) are just as likely to cause anti-business sentiment. I would hate to build a product that collects user data on German servers. A decent comparison can be found here: http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~axel/us-d.html#privacy http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~axel/us-d.html#privacy