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PodgieTar 9 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Teletext on a BBC Computer in 2024

It was just a needlessly disruptive move to cynically try to get an audience that would never be able to use their new services onto a new platform.

Someone using Teletext in 2018 was not going to be able to navigate the world of BBCs internet connected TV applications.

redbuttontext 9 months ago [–]

It was a decision entirely driven by "Sign In" metrics (that's still in place). It's a prime example of Goodhart's Law, which apparently no product owner in the BBC has ever heard of.

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