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In Sweden we have a silly law requiring all citizens owning TV equipment to pay a special fee. I for one would like a large "TV-like" display without a TV tuner
by Qerub 11y ago
In Sweden we have a silly law requiring all citizens owning TV equipment to pay a special fee. I for one would like a large "TV-like" display without a TV tuner just to avoid having to pay that fee. More about this silliness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_Sweden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_Sweden
- mercora 11y agoIn Germany it is even worse. You have to pay the fee regardless of you having any devices capable of receiving. It is a flat per household fee. It used to be like you said it is in Sweden now but they changed 3 year ago to a pseudo tax.
- Qerub 11y agoI think I'd rather see it as pseudo tax than requiring its own administration apparatus that costs ~18 million USD a year to run.
- mercora 11y agoI would agree but the running costs[0] did not change much since that switch for reasons not clear to me. [0] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARD_ZDF_Deutschlandradio_Beitragsservice#Geb.C3.BChrenertr.C3.A4ge_und_Verwaltungskosten https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARD_ZDF_Deutschlandradio_Beitr... (German content)
- hollerith 11y agoHow much is the fee per household?
- r3bl 11y agoIn Bosnia & Herzegovina, the fee applies if you have any TV or a radio device, which is just silly considering that like every single mobile phone for the past 20 years usually has an FM radio built in.