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I find it reprehensible that the article is blocked to UK users. BBC worldwide wouldn't exist without license fee payers, yet they feel like they can block con
by andy_ppp 10y ago
I find it reprehensible that the article is blocked to UK users. BBC worldwide wouldn't exist without license fee payers, yet they feel like they can block content from us.
- x88172 10y agoIf it is any consolation: In Germany people are going to prison because they refuse to pay the mandatory "television tax" despite not having a TV (or any interest in watching the garbage that ARD and ZDF produce). Meanwhile, the top bureaucrats of ARD/ZDF earn salaries in the region of EUR 600000 per year.
- pjc50 10y agoA weird consequence of the BBC charter. The article has ads on it, so they're obliged to adblock it for you. Apparently they gave up maintaining the separate ad-free version: http://www.bbc.co.uk/faqs/online/website_changes http://www.bbc.co.uk/faqs/online/website_changes
- andy_ppp 10y agoI'll write in and complain about this for sure; I pay a tax to see and fund the BBCs content and directly or indirectly that pays for BBC worldwide to exist. It's like saying I funded a startup and they did well from that and set up a subsidiary with the money and that subsidiary blocked me because of this. It wouldn't be defensible.
- vilmosi 10y agoI think there are laws that would prevent BBC worldwide being funded by tax payers.
- DanBC 10y agoYou should write to your MP rather than the BBC.
- taejo 10y agoBBC Worldwide returns a profit to the BBC of about 150 million pounds. Your TV license isn't paying for it: it's lowering your TV license.