The article makes it sound really bigger than it is. From what I experienced the opposition is quite small, signs anti-google are only visible in a few specific locations in one neighborhood, and in general only a few people are vocal against it (mostly anarchists or anti capitalists activists). I would expect some level of opposition from a fringe of the population in any city where Google or other tech giants want to open offices.
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Correct. The weekly Friday night protests are pretty small. A recurring thing in Berlin seems that the very vocal squatters/antifa's drown out the moderate majority. I do symphatize, although weirdly the left in Berlin is so conservative and anti-change that sometimes they are hard to support.
Perhaps it's a victory for the publicist of the people against it.
It would be very interesting to see if there were many, or even any more people than in that photo at the protest.
When I was at Uni I went to some protests that had ~30 people at them. Then the photo and even a bit of clever TV footage made it seem like those few people were at the centre of a much larger protest.
"Google campus will only have 6-10 employees"
Kreuzberg is...special.
Why would they build a whole campus just for 10 employees?
The article mentions that place would be a hub for entrepreneurs, providing workspace for startup founders as well as networking and educational events.
It is basically what The Factory is already with its two Locations in Berlin. A place to cowork, for meetups, networking and some startup offices.
https://factoryberlin.com/
Because lots of Google employees travel for a significant amount of their time and many visit Berlin often.
But to me, campus sounds like something that can host at least 500 to 1000 people. So Google should communicate properly that they are building a private co-working space, not a real campus