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[โ€“] anteaters@feddit.de 93 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Calling Germany the 3rd best for digital nomads is the biggest indicator that this list can go directly into the garbage.

[โ€“] Sheeple@lemmy.world 39 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yeah lmao our laws regarding the internet are utter bogshit. And I don't mean censorship. We straight up have outdated copyright and usage laws made by geriatric old politicians who have no internet understanding

[โ€“] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 33 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Also, your broadband and mobile network is also pretty bad as far as Europe goes, especially compared to all your neighbours.

[โ€“] Sheeple@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Our mobile contracts are a joke and absolutely unusable unless one pays absurd prices. And even then our "Unlimited" plans quickly get throttled into unusability.

[โ€“] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That's sad to hear. I had hoped that with cities such as Berlin, Munich and Hamburg, the Internet infrastructure would have improved

[โ€“] the_third@feddit.de 16 points 10 months ago

with cities such as Berlin, Munich and Hamburg

I remember my vacations to Finland in the 2010s. You'd drive 45 minutes on a gravel backroad, but you'd have LTE coverage and unlimited volume with some 20ish Euro prepaid card from a shop at the ferry dock. That was absolutely weird as a German to me back then and it still would feel unusual now.

This country has been clinging to the, I don't know, 90s when things were remembered as somewhat okay and now there's about 30% of the people trying to steer it back to the 1930s instead of forward. We're fucked and on the best road to a has-been.

[โ€“] MrMakabar@feddit.de 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It imporved, but new software also requires better internet all the time. Hence it has to improve much faster. The good part is fiber is starting to be deployed on scale finally. Also 5g is actually deployed much faster then the previous standards, which makes catching up possible. However a lot of service providers do not offer it and it costs way more then in other EU countries.

[โ€“] Pancito@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

The 5G thing will stop once the AfD is in power, because they believe it's some mind control tool.

[โ€“] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

The good part is fiber is starting to be deployed on scale finally.

That's good news!

[โ€“] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.de 10 points 10 months ago

It's still "Neuland" ยฏ_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ