> However, if you’ve ever used a product marked “Made in Germany,” you’ll understand what German culture truly values: mastery of a craft and uncompromising quality. You won’t find many Germans willing to sacrifice their health or personal milestones—like the birth of a child—for work, or to forgo their well-earned vacation in Mallorca. They’re not the kind to release half-baked products and patch issues later, nor are they likely to push for higher prices just to fatten shareholders’ returns.
Self-serving prattle if you ask me.
German cars have notoriously bad and buggy infotainment centers. Germans do of course release half-baked products (like literally every other country). German cars don't even get patched. The built-in navigation system is useless and broken the day you buy your shiny new BMW and it will still be broken and useless by the time car goes to the scrap heap a decade or two later.
When BMW decides to a subscription model for heated seats is that not shameless profit seeking? Or is BMW somehow not German?
> Basic Law of Germany begins with “Human dignity shall be inviolable.” The entire culture fundamentally opposes many hallmarks of the typical startup ethos.
Germany is unable to build first rate tech businesses because -- wait for it -- Germany has superior culture. Give me a break.
> If you’ve ever worked with Mittelstand companies, you’ll know that many have a long queue of customers waiting for their products. It’s not uncommon to wait months—or even years—for an order.
This attitude is why the German economy has been shrinking for two years straight. Chinese businesses also do high precision machining and they do not make their customers wait for years. The belief that you can coast because competitors will never catch up is pure German arrogance.
The reality is Germany will loose badly if attitudes don't change.