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by rahimnathwani 2551 days ago
"In Europe, it is still used."

Wow. Your comment prompted me to ask my dad whether he still uses teletext. I assumed the answer would be 'no', because he can read and watch news on his iPad.

But apparently he still uses teletext for quick access to news headlines and share prices.

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I have also seen people who use the online version/simulation of teletext. Probably because it is so brief and has very few distractions. E.g.:

https://nos.nl/teletekst

That's really cool. Thanks for the link.
In Switzerland, subtitles are on TT page 777.