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BBC licence fee
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meltonblue
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Personally I’m a fan of it and never had an issue with the licence fee model. I’d worry if it went down a commercial route that some areas of interest it provides to people would just completely die a death due to them not being financially viable.
It is still my main go to for news as well, particularly on the radio.
It is still my main go to for news as well, particularly on the radio.
Personally I’m a fan of it and never had an issue with the licence fee model. I’d worry if it went down a commercial route that some areas of interest it provides to people would just completely die a death due to them not being financially viable.
It is still my main go to for news as well, particularly on the radio.
The sport part is run like a commercial corporation with there click bait articles so that won’t change at all.
If it became a subscription service, like Netflix or Disney+, i'm sure those defending the Beeb will flock to purchase a subscription to keep their big names in the manner to which they are accustomed for many many years, presumably.
I mean those defending taxing the public to pay for it are doing so because they love their BBC so much, i'm sure they'll be happy to pay whatever costs the BBC comes up with in order to keep the service running. ;)
I would. Sounds like I'm in a minority on here but I think its great value for money. Think I only really regularly consume TMS and 6music, but there's some great documentaries, and other programmes. Am also happy that my licence fee contributes to programming that I don't personally enjoy but lots of others do. I know my one remaining grandparent listens to the radio a lot and whilst I imagine she's more of a radio 4 listener than 1extra, I think its great that it can provide so much for so many.
meltonblue
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The sport part is run like a commercial corporation with there click bait articles so that won’t change at all.
Some of it is, that’s not what I was referring to though.
meltonblue
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I would. Sounds like I'm in a minority on here but I think its great value for money. Think I only really regularly consume TMS and 6music, but there's some great documentaries, and other programmes. Am also happy that my licence fee contributes to programming that I don't personally enjoy but lots of others do. I know my one remaining grandparent listens to the radio a lot and whilst I imagine she's more of a radio 4 listener than 1extra, I think its great that it can provide so much for so many.
My sentiments too.
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Don't think that will ever happen. Look at the furore when they try to close down a program or channel.... But you can stop paying them, and watching them, then the problem goes away.#DefundtheBBC
Or do you guys want everyone else to stop watching it?
My sentiments too.
Guess it's down to people's tastes, and it's a fair enough statement that if you're not consuming something, you shouldn't pay. I'd be amazed if everyone who hates the BBC/Licence fee has absolutely nothing to do with BBC content tho. After Google and social networks, its the UKs most visited website, so it's a fair assumption a lot of us are interacting with the BBC to some degree.
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Its all about advocating that people are given the choice, rather than have it be forced upon people.There are many people defending it but do they actually watch anything on it? I watch MOTD once a week but is that worth £12 a month for 9 months of football a year? It's the only thing in the world where we happily give away £155 for nothing because we have to. Netflix is half the price and I use that on a daily basis and I also pay for Amazon Prime for half the price which comes with free next day delivery on everything I buy.
The BBC is a weird thing because it somehow becomes embroiled in politics yet at the end of the day it's a terrible service for the cost. The only argument for it is indeed because it's a vital service for many but for most it's a complete waste of money.
It's a shame that these sort of arguments even go into politics at all because I don't see what's political about it. It would be like being forced to pay £155 a year for Royal Mail when you send one letter a year, it just makes no sense. I think the socialists would love that though.
Keep it advert free if they want, have it cost £7 a month still, but give people the option to NOT pay for it, too.
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Then fine, make it a subscription service and then you can pay whatever the BBC demands for its service, allowing those of us who rarely if ever watch it, to not have to pay for a "tv licence" to enjoy the other live events that we do enjoy and willingly pay for.I would. Sounds like I'm in a minority on here but I think its great value for money. Think I only really regularly consume TMS and 6music, but there's some great documentaries, and other programmes. Am also happy that my licence fee contributes to programming that I don't personally enjoy but lots of others do. I know my one remaining grandparent listens to the radio a lot and whilst I imagine she's more of a radio 4 listener than 1extra, I think its great that it can provide so much for so many.
Just don't advocate that others have to pay for a service that many no longer find value for money, worth the money or provides anything close to "quality" programming. You do, that's fine. Others don't, so we shouldn't be forced to pay a tv tax.