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The TV license is definitely real. All the others are fake though (I believe).
https://www.gov.uk/find-licences/tv-licence
Wtf is this in addition to paying for cable/satellite?
Nope. You can just plug your TV into the aerial to get BBC + free channels. Netflix and whatever costs extra tho
I’m surprised that according to the website, they actually let you get away without a license if you only use commercial streaming services and don’t watch any BBC content. In Germany, that excuse doesn’t fly. As long as your device has the capacity to receive aerial broadcast, you have to pay, whether you watch it or not is irrelevant.
afaik in Germany you even have to pay if you have no device that to receive anything. Every household has ro pay wirth a few exeptions.
Pretty sure not owning ANY broadcast receiving devices is the only way to get around it, but that’s extremely difficult to accomplish. Keep in mind radio counts as well (though you can be eligible for a reduced rate if you only have radio access and no TV), including the one in your car, your stereo, or your alarm clock. Owning a TV with no antenna hooked up does not count either, since it’s trivial to do so, and you could just be hiding an antenna in your attic or your basement.
Basically, the only way to legally skirt the fee is to live under a bridge or in a forest without any electronic devices besides a flash lamp.
That was a thing years ago, but nowadays everyone has to pay (except if you have a low income and receive social benefits)
In theory, but the BBC has been known to harass people into paying, even pressuring you into letting them into your house even though they don't have the right to do so.
I mean we have free over the air TV here in the states too, just don’t need a loicense for it
Yes, and it's ad-riddled nonsense.
The BBC runs no adverts, save for trailers of its own stuff.
Yeah and even cable/satellite, paid services, are ad-riddled lol. Always kills me how the older generations criticize us for being financially irresponsible when they’re paying to watch a service that’s 20-25% ads
Brexit really was a mistake
Very much so indeed, but I'm not sure why you mentioned it?
The long knife prohibition is real.
True, but there's no such thing as a knife licence.
I mean, yes, but I was more referencing that there was exactly one other thing of any substance besides the TV thing in this greentext.
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