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Yes it does? There is a section “Why is Google Street View Working in Germany Now When it Failed Miserably Before?” where the author develops their opinion. An

• pavel_lishin 3y ago
  But there's barely any evidence backing up the author's hypothesis. > Has people’s view of Street View changed since then or has the German desire for privacy evolved? My money is on the latter, although there’s no doubt that some people find Street View so useful that it’s worth the potential invasion of privacy. > Even in 2009 and 2010, some German communities were rallying for Street View to pick their city, in the hopes that it would jumpstart tourism and the local economies, which had undoubtedly taken a hit in the 2008 economic crash. > As time passes, people who lived through German surveillance states die, replaced by a younger generation with no first-hand experience and the fears that come with it. Besides, tech companies like Google and Meta have encroached on privacy one small step at a time. > Like the famous allegory about a frog being slowly boiled alive, privacy violations don’t seem so upsetting when delivered bit by bit over time. One of the world’s most private societies was a longtime holdout to the behemoth that is Google, but it, too, has been boiled.
  • dgellow 3y ago
    Ah yes i disagree with the author, but I understood you were saying they didn’t give an explanation