why are non-digital weighing scales still heavily used across many professional sports, hospitals, etc?

Question

Does it have to do with accuracy?

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Answer 1

For something like boxing where both competitors use the same scale, it’s a lot easier to prevent cheating with a mechanical version. Firmware can be silently and invisibly changed (and automatically revert its self after the weigh-in). Changing the readout on a mechanical scale would leave evidence.