> “the longing for a digital national champion,”
Ultimately, you get what you incentivize.
The German tax regime is not friendly to start-ups and entrepreneurs, to put it very mildly, and infrastructure is lacking. Fertile ground it sure isn't. (There are other issues, like a digital economy that's not concentrated in one region but is diffuse around the entire nation -- and public attitudes, which are best described as being "staid," and favor employment at large existing firms or at research institutions.)
Legitimate entrepreneurs -- especially the good ones with foresight and low time preference -- will leave for greener pastures. And you can bet your last Euro that many of those who remain are grifters merely preying upon “the longing for a digital national champion.”