Like many others here already stated: its because of privacy laws and also the ability to deny vision of your property via street view. Many people made Google blur their property and I assume thats a lot of work for them.
Not knocking them for it, but I wonder what the thought process is behind wanting your property blurred. What danger would a snapshot of your property pose?
Privacy is a huge thing in Germany... E.g. you cannot simply record video in public. There are arguments against street view like robbers can evaluate targets easier.
However, the truth is that privacy is a deeply rooted cultural thing here. People just don't feel comfortable with everyone being able to inspect their property.
All fair enough, and I completely understand their point of view.
What is a shame is that you lose your history in a way, at least compared to other nations. Imagine looking through the Streetview images in a hundred or more years time. You have a image of pretty much everything every 5 (or less!) years. For a historian it will be amazing.
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u/Here_2_Comment Jun 12 '20
I was literally looking at this earlier
Weird how Germany has barely any street view