Sort of like magnetic strip credit cards in the US vs chip cards in Europe. Or the reasons Eastern European countries have the highest broadband speeds, having never dealt with investments in ISDN and other networks.
In the UK at-least we had magnetic stripe and signature cards everywhere for years and years.
When chip and pin was introduced all the merchants had to get chip and pin terminals and all card holders had to get compatible cards.
Sort of like magnetic strip credit cards in the US vs chip cards in Europe. Or the reasons Eastern European countries have the highest broadband speeds, having never dealt with investments in ISDN and other networks.