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    22 hours ago

    Weeeell… floppies have more downsides that upsides and could’ve been replaced ages ago (along with implementing backup policies). They could’ve at least migrated to data MiniDiscs. 😁

    Faxes from what I’ve heard were mostly because back in the day it was easier to write Japanese on a paper and fax it… in the age of Unicode, fax-to-mail and alike… dunno, maybe.

    I generally agree though, no point in adopting new stuff just because.

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      21 hours ago

      Fax is an analog system that can be built without very complex production lines in place, that’s a good enough reason.

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          19 hours ago

          Yes, that thing can’t

          be built without very complex production lines in place, that’s a good enough reason

          . I want to live in a free and humanist world, which means that such technologies are more valuable.