Are the competitors that bad in Germany? Here in Sweden PayPal has one of the worst UIs and the buggiest sites.
The site is suboptimal, it's probably not a great company and I have no idea if they're charging me anything - but the one-tap purchase system just works, and that's all I need. There are other great options in Klarna and similar, but even they give me too many options to coax me into paying later so I inadvertently pay fees. PayPal literally just withdraws from whichever card has sufficient funds at the time, has worked exactly as stated for over a decade, so I really have no incentive to investigate alternatives (especially for sites where my PayPal is already setup, like Steam).
no alternative thou that manages adresses, confirmation and the actual transaction with one login/button