Now that TfL is running the upgrade in-house, it has more scope to ditch features and impose cuts than it had when a private-sector contract was involved.
Participation in a deadly car race gives you the right to cut off your rival, ram his car, hit it in the rear and do anything that is not allowed on the road.
While centralization ensures that all students are equipped with roughly the same resources and perform at roughly the same level, it also discourages experimentation.
Footnote's real focus has more to do with the 43 million digitized records the company has, including old newspaper clippings and records like marriage licenses.