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by tokenizerrr 4352 days ago
And on qwerty US-International which is used throughout most countries that don't want to use their own specialized keyboards it's alt+s.
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Then the Duden[0] gives the following rule:

"Fehlt das ß auf der Tastatur eines Computers oder einer Schreibmaschine, schreibt man dafür ss."

Translation: "If the ß is missing on a computer keyboard or typewriter, you have to write 'ss' instead".

[0] http://www.duden.de/sprachwissen/rechtschreibregeln/doppel-s...

But it's not missing. This is like saying capital s is missing because you have to press shift+s.
Hehe true. I guess they mean "if the (standalone) key is missing".
I'm pretty sure they refer to the inability to type ß. Which is a real concern for type writers, less so for most keyboards. I'm writing this using an American keyboard and I don't see why I shouldn't use "ß" just because it's a different key(-combination). I also wouldn't start writing "spaet" just because "ä" takes a bit more work (Alt+U, A).
The Duden abides. (sorry!)
AltGr+S (or Ctrl+Alt+S).