And exactly to prove your point I want to mention phone cases with a cutout so you can see the apple logo.
If you are talking about Germany, yes. I recently (3 years) moved to Germany and I love the tech. I can avoid having contact with the rude people that usually work at the tills.
I am a software developer, I do not read emails. If something is so important that I should know about it someone will hit me up on ms teams or such.
That's already there since a couple of years.