> 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.

> 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. It’s funny because I have exactly the opposite experience. I know people who used the Minitel professionally to order components until it was decommissioned well past after the introduction of an equivalent internet service and still complain that the UX was quicker to use.