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I have for some time wondered why that most obvious of institutions, the USPS, does not offer a digital counterpart to snail mail. E.g. getting digital mail to
by rootusrootus 5y ago
I have for some time wondered why that most obvious of institutions, the USPS, does not offer a digital counterpart to snail mail. E.g. getting digital mail to your postal address, or opening & scanning mail to make it available online, or provide a guaranteed digital delivery service, things like that. They have a pretty strong incumbent position to offer such a service. Perhaps it violates some government regulation on what services they can and cannot provide.
- dvdkon 5y agoHere in the Czech Republic, the national postal service does offer a "digital snail-mail" or "bureaucratic email" and it's used for official communication by government branches, insurance companies and some big companies. Nobody wants to use it for simple receipts, because messages are paid. A centralised service like this from a traditional company (so no VC-backed company with a generous free tier) just can't compete against the "simplicity" of sending email.