Comment by Saline9515

It should be noted that defamation law has a very low threshold in Germany, to the point that businesses routinely sue Google Maps users for less-than-5-stars reviews. Google had to change their display of reviews because of this.

Three stars review is taken down for "libel": https://support.google.com/maps/thread/367778263/google-maps...

HNer gets a legal threat after saying that he didn't like a doctor: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44734895

Google maps german policy: https://support.google.com/contributionpolicy/answer/1699727...

Meanwhile, service in Germany is still rather poor (especially if you have children), but at least no one can complain!