schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoDanish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 yearswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down13 cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkDanish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 yearswww.theguardian.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square22fedilink cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareSmoothOperator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoDenmark is highly digitized. Mail is no longer a critical infrastructure, no need for the state to maintain it.
minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoDoes the Danish postal service not deliver packets? Is it really that different from delivering letters?
minus-squareSmoothOperator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoIt does. And yes, it is. The logistics and pricing are very different. For one, by shutting down the letter system they can nix the mail drop-off boxes that were all over the place.
Denmark is highly digitized. Mail is no longer a critical infrastructure, no need for the state to maintain it.
Does the Danish postal service not deliver packets? Is it really that different from delivering letters?
It does. And yes, it is. The logistics and pricing are very different. For one, by shutting down the letter system they can nix the mail drop-off boxes that were all over the place.