3 ms·
In Switzerland, public radio & TV are funded by a tax every household pays, whether you have a TV/radio or not (note that the websites of public TV & radio use
by ale42 5y ago
In Switzerland, public radio & TV are funded by a tax every household pays, whether you have a TV/radio or not (note that the websites of public TV & radio use quite some trackers... but are ad free; the TV is NOT ad free though). I would imagine that something similar for publicly relevant web sites would make (at least some) sense... But there would be to have legally enforced safeguards against abuses (e.g. getting financed this way and nevertheless tracking users/selling their data)
- ThePhysicist 5y agoThanks for that idea! The same thing exists in Germany and if there was a way to draw from that money it would be awesome of course, but I'm not sure if that's realistic.
- mathverse 5y agoFrequently abused in countries like Hungary to push state propaganda. Idea is nice in theory but not bulletproof.