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this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2024
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Like, the first paragraph explains.
Not "the government had to accept them", but "businesses were required to submit them".
It's not a hypothetical problem, there was even news a few years ago about how businesses were complaining they had to send in a dozen+ disks at a time because of file formats.
The laws were written at the dawn of the digital age, in the 70s and 80s, stipulating specific storage media, and just never got updated because the government didn't view it as a problem.
Yeah so I read the whole article and it's all phrased like it wants to convince you of that.
You're welcome to do your own research, then. Or just make a call based off your read of their vibes, doesn't matter to me.