It kind of sucks that people have to use payment processors to spend Bitcoin when that's exactly what it wants to prevent, but I suppose it's a good short-term measure. I just hope these existing options don't dissuade merchants from accepting Bitcoin directly in the future.

But yeah, I would be psyched about this if I were German.

I really doubt merchants will be enthusiastic about accepting bitcoins directly considering how volatile it is and also considering they are simply in business to make profits..

Accepting the bitcoin directly could propel them to incur losses as the price is definitely never stable

I think it's a good thing to give the possibility to pay in crypto. This will help people become familiar with cryptos. The goal is for cryptos to be used worldwide from a computer or mobile phone. We must have access when we want our money and send it to whoever we want. These kind of stores that accept cryptos show that it is a currency and that we can use it as we see fit.

Some businesses would be more than happy to accept crypto directly I think.
Just look at Overstock, they've been consistently keeping part of their Bitcoin payments as Bitcoin. I can't remember how much exactly, maybe something like 10 or 20% (someone correct me on this).

Are there actually any Bitcoin payment processors that offer such a service for merchants? I mean having the option of retaining part of their payments in Bitcoin.

They are most times not enthusiasts' of bitcoin.
If they were most would have invested directly in bitcoin instead of selling commodities to own bitcoin. Possibly they are investors. But if I was a merchant, I wouldn't mix up my business and my passion. As much as we love bitcoin, it is not a shrewd business decision.
Ateast it is a possitive step and would help increase adoption and popularity, a small step in the right direction.

it is not commodities they sell, it is goods. and they don't necessarily have to be enthusiastic about bitcoin to start seeing the potential and wanting to keep at least a part of what they receive. it doesn't have to be receiving bitcoin and holding all of it! you can sell as much as to cover the costs and keep the profit of your sale as bitcoin as an investment. it is still business and has nothing to do with "passion" it would be passion if you were blindly buying bitcoin (small amounts) to test it and have fun with the technology not when it is money involved.

if this will take effect as soon as possible then it is very influential on crypto for the future especially if it will relate to 25,000 German online stores then this will bring big changes in the market because we know together that the German state is very best in cryptocurrency.

Why can't I search PayPal of Crypto links with Google? Can you send them out for us to see?

This news is fantastic: if it were all true it would be a further custom clearance to the large-scale use of bitcoins. And it's the only thing it really needs.

This is very wonderful. I have earlier read in a post that Germany have accepted bitcoin as a legal tender. If the news of this 25,000 online stores is actually true, then cryptocurrency will be on a very smooth run next year.