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by A_Venom_Roll 769 days ago
In The Netherlands the teletext system of the Dutch public broadcasting system does still exist and has a loyal following. It's also available on the web [1] and as a mobile app.

Even nowadays I still use it a lot myself for a quick catch up of the news. Some of the benefits: - Since space is limited, the news stories are ultra short and to the point - No ads - No "related stories" - No toxic comment sections - No misleading 'thumbnails'

It doesn't take longer than a minute or two to catch up on the most important stories.

[1] https://teletekst-data.nos.nl/webplus?p=100

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For Americans, the closest would be:

https://text.npr.org

https://lite.cnn.io

gopher://magical.fish/1/news

same as above, but for proxied to the web:

https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw?a=gopher%3A%2F%2Fmagic...