Silly and useless? It's efficient, fluid, and quick. Are we talking about the same thing?
You are so funny! 
(Side note: I'm a huge fan of getting newer and better technology into the hands of children earlier. I am not a fan of this, though, any more than I was a fan of my college's software development program practically being "sponsored" by Microsoft and only teaching MS programming languages.)
It's called developing a customer base.
In general, they are uniform but certainly not rigid. There are variations and personalizations.
Good for you. Mine is legible, not a scribble. We are individuals.
In business, yes. We have clients that send faxes to us, and request faxes.
