I hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.
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Because it's easier to use 5:15 or 5:30 when you get a digital readout. No one's counting every individual tick on an analog clock, so fractions make more sense in that case.