Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years (www.theguardian.com)

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The Danish postal service will deliver its last letter on 30 December, ending a more than 400-year-old tradition.

Announcing the decision earlier this year to stop delivering letters, PostNord, formed in 2009 in a merger of the Swedish and Danish postal services, said it would cut 1,500 jobs in Denmark and remove 1,500 red postboxes amid the “increasing digitalisation” of Danish society.

Describing Denmark as “one of the most digitalised countries in the world”, the company said the demand for letters had “fallen drastically” while online shopping continued to increase, prompting the decision to instead focus on parcels.

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[-] TehPers@beehaw.org 1 points 1 hour ago

Well that's one way to counter spam mail.

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 3 points 1 hour ago

Another great way is to move out of fixed housing. Alright, you assholes, try to find me now!

[-] tomiant@piefed.social 2 points 1 hour ago

I recently had problems with my government ID login that could only be resolved by sending a physical letter.

This is horrific.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 2 hours ago

this makes no sense. you going to deliver a parcel but you can't be bothered to drop some letters at the same time?

[-] nis@feddit.dk 2 points 2 hours ago

There are different opinions on whether or not PostNord can actually deliver a parcel.

[-] chamomile@furry.engineer 0 points 1 hour ago

@HubertManne I suspect that dropping the letters at a doorstep isn't the hard part. Letters require their own sorting infrastructure which can actually be quite complex, so doing this probably lets them streamline behind the scenes.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago

I thought most of that was automated though. I mean it seemed like a pretty solved solution. I wonder if they could just standardize more on what envelope size is allowed or such to just simply it.

[-] tomiant@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago

There is only one reason they do this and it has nothing to do with public utility.

[-] baggins@beehaw.org 4 points 3 hours ago

What about birthday, Christmas and Mother’s Day cards?

[-] OldMrFish@lemmy.one 2 points 2 hours ago

They'll probably just have to be sent as a parcel in stead, using PostNord or one of the International carriers. It already costs about the same to send a parcel (up to 1 kg) as a letter, and service and shipping speed is infinitely better anyway.

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