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Re:Germans don’t do tech startups – more access to capital m... by yorwba on Sunday September 30, 2018 @04:42AM (#18105213)
As a German, I have no idea what you mean by the German eBay and PayPal (Facebook was StudiVZ, I guess, but now it's just Facebook).
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Re:Germans don’t do tech startups – more access to capital m... by catdog on Sunday September 30, 2018 @05:04AM (#18105283)
Maybe alando which was basically a blatant copy of ebay and quickly acquired by ebay? But this was a long time ago.

German PayPal? Not that I know of. The banks are helplessly trying now after many years but they aren't even able to match what PayPal provides let alone being innovative.

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Re:Germans don’t do tech startups – more access to capital m... by gaius on Sunday September 30, 2018 @12:28PM (#18106832)
Isn’t Schpock the German eBay?
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Re:Germans don’t do tech startups – more access to capital m... by thirdsun on Monday October 01, 2018 @08:17AM (#18111890)
Craigslist might be a better comparison.
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