I'm not really all that surprised. Public opinion is easily swayed with good marketing.
The government mandated contact tracing, but not how it was to be implemented. There was a publicly developed open-source app for contact tracing that was perfectly privacy preserving.
Unfortunately, many restaurants instead used a commercial solution that was none of these things. What it did have was support from a mildly famous German musician and great lobbying. Most people didn't care, they just wanted to go to the restaurant.
The government mandated contact tracing, but not how it was to be implemented. There was a publicly developed open-source app for contact tracing that was perfectly privacy preserving.
Unfortunately, many restaurants instead used a commercial solution that was none of these things. What it did have was support from a mildly famous German musician and great lobbying. Most people didn't care, they just wanted to go to the restaurant.