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(I think our profession is vulnerable to unadjusted people making the rules for the rest.)
Just kidding.
Well almost, since it was what did it for me. I started withdrawing larger amounts, 500 or 1000 Euros, each time, after ending up with no cash too often.
And I didn't feel the need to use another payment method since. YMMV (obviously).
Among other things, such as having a false impression of what else is possibly going on, one might be inclined to dismiss the problem too easily.
According to Wikipedia [1] the Buran-program was cancelled when the Soviet Union stopped existing. It was a time of chaos and many parts of the country were not working. Resuming construction on a space shuttle was probably at the very bottom of their priorities in 1990.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebAssembly