don't copy that floppy!
this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2023
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Government still uses them in sensitive situations "for security" (and not having to beg for funding only to risk the upgrade failing and taking down some secret, billion-dollar operation) too.
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/22/1124441151/some-industries-still-use-floppy-disks-this-is-one-of-the-only-places-to-buy-the
So does Chuck e Cheese, or did recently?
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/chuck-e-cheese-animatronic-floppy-disks