> Especially with these European intentions I frankly believe this is more of a political war against US and US-based companies. (No, I'm not from US as well)
No, Germany is a big leader in the EU. They are very sensitive to issues around privacy, from the DDR era.
They don't want private corporations having DDR-like folders of information on citizens.
That's the funny thing: they are sensitive of data collection by corporations when the data collection during the DDR was done by the government, something that they surely dont care about.
Government surveillance on citizens has a long history of horrifying consequences, especially in Germany. What is the worst corporations are doing with our data? Better ads?!
I don't see that as a relevant distinction. Democratically elected governments can do really bad things, too, and they have a much bigger tool kit for it than corporations.
