Most HK offices still have one. Government departments still use them. In Japan I gather they're still used quite religiously. Meanwhile lots of other people mock them.
I'm wondering why.
Sure, we have scanners now, and email, and scanning apps on phones.... but surely nothing beats the simplicity of putting a completed form in the paper feeder, dialling a number, and then buggering off to make a coffee while you can leave the machine unattended.
Surely beats sticking form in a scanner, firing up software to scan, then email app, then compiling email, then finding the attachment and adding the few polite pleasantries to go with it.
Or even with a "one button scan" device, it's still more steps than a fax.
Are they really that bad??