[isleaiw1]

Originally Posted by MrManor

I pay £5.83 a month for pretty much every channel.

Big bargain my friend.

Legally? all I can see on sky is 200 channels of crap... unless I pay for sport or movies when I get a few more crap channels for a lot more money!

[MrManor]

Originally Posted by isleaiw1

Legally? all I can see on sky is 200 channels of crap... unless I pay for sport or movies when I get a few more crap channels for a lot more money!

Do you think it’s legal?

[KRS_SN]

Without naming them any geopolitical conflict/events and bbc/sky news live is necessary or international footie events on bbc/itv.
Overall £150 odd its worth it. I can't see how cancelling it will make life better.

[Allworth]

Originally Posted by Pond

The idea is not for YOU to decide how much BBC content you watch, or listen to, to decide whether it is enough to warrant the licence fee.

If you consume ANY BBC content EVER, you are liable to pay the licence fee

The licence fee is like Council Tax IMO, we all consider we pay too much for the actual benefit WE each receive, but it's the way it's done.

I would much rather pay £150 a year, just for iPlayer, than the other commercial 'catch ups' where it's constant adverts which you can't skip unless you pay. So just like the BBC, then!

Nice try. But my answer is no, because the agenda forced is too intense and diverse I simply dislike it. I do charity work but not fancy to fund BBC at this point.

'You need a TV Licence to watch or record programmes on a TV, computer or other device as they're broadcast, and to watch on-demand BBC programmes on iPlayer' -gov

[isleaiw1]

Originally Posted by MrManor

Do you think it’s legal?

Nope..... which of course is one reason the other stuff is so bloody expensive for those of us that pay properly!

[MrManor]

Originally Posted by isleaiw1

Nope..... which of course is one reason the other stuff is so bloody expensive for those of us that pay properly!

C’est la vie.

[isleaiw1]

Originally Posted by MrManor

C’est la vie.

It is indeed and half of what is wrong with society, if we all only think of ourselves and not the impact on others then life goes downhill for everyone..

But I'll get off my soap box now

[MrManor]

Originally Posted by isleaiw1

It is indeed and half of what is wrong with society, if we all only think of ourselves and not the impact on others then life goes downhill for everyone..

But I'll get off my soap box now

Charity begins at home…………………………….

[Pond]

[QUOTE=isleaiw1;31108720if we all only think of ourselves and not the impact on others then life goes downhill for everyone..
[/QUOTE]

Too late. It's already happened in every part of society that I see.

Lowest common denominator here we come.

The recent Covid fiasco highlighted this very well IMO.

[Allworth]

rubbish down the chicken house

[EvilDrPorkChop]

It's more the fact you are forced to have to pay for it for a service you don't use, more than the cost.

It's a bit like saying you need to pay for Sky Sports when you never watch Football.

Also BBC news is Biased as hell. The radio stations are now rubbish, and they don't produce any decent TV content IMO anymore anyway.

Has anyone actually had an inspector come round even after all the letters?

[isleaiw1]

Originally Posted by EvilDrPorkChop

It's more the fact you are forced to have to pay for it for a service you don't use, more than the cost.

It's a bit like saying you need to pay for Sky Sports when you never watch Football.

Also BBC news is Biased as hell. The radio stations are now rubbish, and they don't produce any decent TV content IMO anymore anyway.

Has anyone actually had an inspector come round even after all the letters?

everyone says BBC news is biased - whether they are left or right leaning. Not sure how they manage to be biased against everyone!

[TurboWeasel]

Originally Posted by EvilDrPorkChop

It's more the fact you are forced to have to pay for it for a service you don't use, more than the cost.

It's a bit like saying you need to pay for Sky Sports when you never watch Football.

Also BBC news is Biased as hell. The radio stations are now rubbish, and they don't produce any decent TV content IMO anymore anyway.

Has anyone actually had an inspector come round even after all the letters?

And they've also removed themselves from Sonos Radio, forcing you to use their own BBC sounds app. A sneaky way to cross reference your email to the license database. I hate underhanded BS like that. Similar to Netflix 4K throttling content to 720p if you use a Roku type box with ad blockers, even though you're paying for the service. They will all make you pay somehow, whether you get what you pay for or not, or if you even want what they're peddling in the first place.

The missus wants it for iPlayer but I never watch BBC stuff. I didn't mind paying them to produce Top Gear, but now that's gone, I have zero interest in the Beeb.

[JimmyJab340]

Binned the license off a couple of years ago. Just confirm that you no longer watch live tv or iplayer and no-one has ever knocked.
£2.99 a month for NowTV entertainment, £5.99 for Disney (via o2) and £4.99 to piggyback a Netflix account - cheaper and far better quality programming than the beeb churn out.

[xenon]

Originally Posted by TurboWeasel

And they've also removed themselves from Sonos Radio, forcing you to use their own BBC sounds app. A sneaky way to cross reference your email to the license database.

That might be the reason but then you don't need a TV licence to listen to the radio.