to be fair
It's not like the BBC is just a TV channel. BBC Micro*?
It's software not hardware, and they've generally done well there with the iplayer (sounds app aside). It'll probably just be a pointlessly voice activated iplayer.
*without which I'd have never played Granny's Garden
(, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 0:14, Reply)
The Micro was a product of it's time. Microcomputers had clear untapped potential, and the BBC were instrumental in getting them into people's homes.
However...
The boat has sailed with voice assistants. They've been on every smartphone and therefore in the pocket of nearly everyone in the country for the last five years. The last eight in the case of Siri.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 10:06,
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Still think if there was an equivalent today of BBC doing what they did with the micro
they'd get even more of a kicking from the right and everyone would just moan about the licence fee.
Was that the case then? (genuine question)
(, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 11:12, Reply)
Don't know to be honest, I was 4 at the time.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 14:11,
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What sort of an excuse is that?
Geeeeez!!!
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Wed 28 Aug 2019, 14:19,
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