Japanese people are proud of their country. In some nations, like France or Bulgaria it’s taboo. But in the US or Japan it’s fine to be proud of where a product is coming from.
There are, however, perceptions among the Japanese people that their own products are generally off higher quality.
With these kinds of things it's basically, I have no way to differentiate my product, so I'm gonna slap the country flag on it for good measure
In many parts of France, simply displaying the French flag in front of your house is very dangerous, whereas it is perfectly normal for everywhere else.
Most successful French startups move their HQ to US as soon as they can and claim they're a US company.
"Made in France" software is a shame and if you're targetting the global market (not just the French domestic market) no founder wants to advertise that.
Which is a shame because we have a lot of talented engineers in France, it's just that the biggest French software companies are frauds.
I'm pretty sure it is more a question of astonishing level of taxation and the difficulty to rise capital than national pride.
> "Made in France" software is a shame
Any source to back this? I've never read or heard anywhere that a piece of software sucks because it was made in France. I'm pretty sure most people don't care, and those who do (Frenchmen) take it positively.