As a French, I remember that absolutely every adult around me used to ridicule the minitel for its ugliness, slowness and overall lack of diverse use cases. At best, it was a slow Yellow Pages. At worst, sex services ("minitel rose", it was called).
Back in 202x, I see many times a year articles shared about the minitel, including here in HN, praising its ahead-of-time platform, glorified as a pre-internet era.
It is funny, in a fascinating way, how it is retrospectively revered.
Back in 202x, I see many times a year articles shared about the minitel, including here in HN, praising its ahead-of-time platform, glorified as a pre-internet era.
It is funny, in a fascinating way, how it is retrospectively revered.