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Creepy British TV licensing ad: it's all in the database

In case you didn't know, the poor Brits have to pay a tax for having a TV, which then goes to support public broadcasting. I never understood this - in Canada we do the same thing by simply giving tax dollars to the CBC instead of doin ga per-TV tax.

Although I suppose it makes sense if you chose to withdraw from TV-watching society by not having a TV>

Or by hiding from "the database".
alien_conceptsays...

Yeah paying for the tv license sucks balls. We fork out £12 per month and all we get for the privilege is no adverts. Seeing as not everything people want to watch is on BBC and there are 5 million channels to watch instead now, it's a total rip. And then they have the audacity to show this ADVERT to us, using mild scare tactics in the process. What.The.Fuck...

Deanosays...

The BBC is realising the licence fee isn't sustainable anymore. In the long term it will go because there is a limit to their remit and what they can reasonably charge for this.
The problem is there is no quality programming on BBC1. You might find something interesting on BBC4 but the homegrown stuff is appalling. I don't believe they can go on wasting our money and running unpleasant reminders like this that jar with the expectations of a nice evenings viewing.
Also I imagine it disturbs the fee paying majority but those who don't will not give a crap about the "database".

The only advantage of the BBC is no advertising but now that I have a Tivo-style device I rarely see adverts anyway.

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