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by ce4 703 days ago
I disagree, there are lots of other countries that have this. Japan recently got rid of floppies, for example[0]. Most of all, germany is full of doomsday thinking and complaints like this one, which i see often here when HN covers esp. german topics

Edit: here's some proper example why paper is not all that bad to have, and actually beneficial in some cases (reverse engineering of Ticketmaster online-only tickets, bound to app)[1]

[0]: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-declares-vi...

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40906148