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by h3mb3 1550 days ago
This made me remember that quite a lot of people in some countries still use teletext for sports cores. Similar to this site, it's fast, simple and very much low-def. In Finland (where teletext was big back in the day), you can still access web versions of the main TV channels' teletext services [1][2]. Not sure about other countries.

Even if you don't follow sports that much (like me), it's also a great way to browse news in general – without any clutter or clickbait, as the technology is so restricted. I've noticed it's so much easier to avoid doomscrolling traps compared to regular websites, especially during the latest global horrors.

[1] https://yle.fi/aihe/tekstitv

[2] https://www.mtvtekstikanava.fi/new2008/100-01.htm

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Spaniard here. My dad still uses teletext for that, even though he is more or less capable with a computer. He loves just typing the page numbers and watching the scores updated in almost realtime.