imwer234 t1_j6xhqsu wrote on February 2, 2023 at 4:20 PM

Reply to comment by PostnataleAbtreibung in I'm (m) 31 years old from Germany and am dying of germ cell cancer! AMA by Reiiser

I think Germany (and perhaps Japan) is one of the last countries to use fax in daily business. :)

PostnataleAbtreibung t1_j6xirqs wrote on February 2, 2023 at 4:26 PM

I absolutely know. I actually own one and use it regularly because of bureaucracy.

imwer234 t1_j6xkkk6 wrote on February 2, 2023 at 4:38 PM

It caught me a bit off-guard 10 or so years ago when I had to troubleshoot some software supporting fax features. I was like "who the hell still use fax nowadays?!", apparently germans. It isn't as prevalent in Sweden but sometimes it is used for legal binding documents, although not usually the preferred method. Must be closer to 25 years ago I used a physical fax machine.

PostnataleAbtreibung t1_j6xx04h wrote on February 2, 2023 at 5:54 PM

Exactly. The „OK“ from the fax machine counts as legally binding delivered. And you even can prove what you have sent.

Especially in Pharma / Healthcare related things fax is still pretty common, though declining.