I'll state up front that I'm not German and have no experience of incorporating in Germany save for what my German friends tell me. Yet their complaints rhyme with OP's.
Assuming they are well-founded, what stops a market entrant promising to streamline all the paperwork? eg a LegalZoom- or Stripe-type of entity that for a flat fee of X will handle all the paperwork and filing for you using essentially pro-forma legal and tax paperwork. OP is paying $$$ (well, €€€) for law and tax firms to do sed s/xxx/TheirCo/g on a bunch of forms and papers, and check their passport photo. Isnt this an obvious opportunity for a market disruptor?
Assuming they are well-founded, what stops a market entrant promising to streamline all the paperwork? eg a LegalZoom- or Stripe-type of entity that for a flat fee of X will handle all the paperwork and filing for you using essentially pro-forma legal and tax paperwork. OP is paying $$$ (well, €€€) for law and tax firms to do sed s/xxx/TheirCo/g on a bunch of forms and papers, and check their passport photo. Isnt this an obvious opportunity for a market disruptor?