Put it in reverse
"Why are we still using the Minitel to charge bank cards? Every other person on the planet (outside France) is using the internet!"
"But it really does work well. Why would we change?"
"Horses worked well too. Why did we decide we needed cars?"
"Well, we might just go back to horses, you know."
It is impossible to reason with the French.
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When I first heard of Minitel years ago, I thought it was a very forward-looking idea. As the Internet became available to more people, though, it seems the French held on to an anachronism. One of many, I'm sure. ;-)