I live in Sweden. It was a while ago I went solo, otherwise you could have had a chat with my instructor if that would have made you happy.
If you fly in the middle of nowhere in uncontrolled airspace and someone at the destination is expecting you, I'm glad if I can avoid an unnecessary alert.
When I did fly between two Kingdoms the arriving ATS failed to pass on that I closed my flight plan, or there was a delay. The rescue co-ordination centre was informed that I didn't close the flight plan. They did, however, reach me on the cell phone and didn't have to start looking.
There's a risk of using any form of electric devices on-board, especially radio transmitters. You just have to weigh the pros and cons. The cons can't be that great since many operators offer mobile phone service on-board to passengers.