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It's strange that we are shocked when we see universally popular ideas like this get pushed forward after years of political abuse (slrpnk.net)

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[–] Nurgus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Meanwhile, many major banks are still running 1970s computers and code in Fortran in the background, because replacing anything would cost money.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well it's also because it works. And new code might crash the entire banking system.

[–] Nurgus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Well quite, but that also explains why they're so reluctant to offer any new features until they've been completely overtaken by newer fintech outfits and are noticeably losing customers.