Unfortunately the agencies in charge of vetting this kind of software work in timespans of 2-3 years (not just Germany in most other countries as well).
I'm guessing they'll take longer to get things done in Germany than in China, but hoping that they'll bring their relentless efficiency to Europe as well :)
Given the amount of outcry, I would take your assumption with a giant grain of salt. If they were to proceed with that, we'd surely hear about it again. I'm following the Bugzilla issue and no progress has been reported there yet.
The reasonable thing to expect at this point is that it is still at the phase of being an experiment for 1% of German users.
I think the problem for people who are not in Germany is that manufacturers often release different versions for each market. So, for example, you might find that >50% of the models being tested by Stiftung Warentest exist only in Germany or other parts of Western Europe.
Agreed. I lived in Germany until last year and it wasn't great. Especially since companies there often do only 2-year contracts, or only have higher speeds for the 2-year contracts.
What seems to have been missed is that almost all large projects germany tried to push through in the past 10 years or so have turned out to be a massive fuckup. Digital drivers licence, stuttgart21, the list goes on.
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