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[–] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 17 points 1 day ago (12 children)

A TV Licence costs £174.50

Wtf is this in addition to paying for cable/satellite?

[–] JadedBlueEyes@programming.dev 19 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Nope. You can just plug your TV into the aerial to get BBC + free channels. Netflix and whatever costs extra tho

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

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.

[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 3 points 18 hours ago

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.

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