I feel credit-cards-as-credit is mostly an American thing, basically everyone I know in Europe treats their card effectively as a debit one, the only difference being you could not rent a car with a debit one.
Some people don't even know the difference and get surprised when their card cannot be used for some credit usages.
Some people don't even know the difference and get surprised when their card cannot be used for some credit usages.
(That is just my anecdotal evidence, of course)