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I am not British, but the TV license thing confuses me. Apparently you need a license if you own a device and use it to watch live streaming on Youtube (its not

I am not British, but the TV license thing confuses me. Apparently you need a license if you own a device and use it to watch live streaming on Youtube (its not always obvious what is being live streamed or just a video) and I guess anything on Twitch. https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/telling-us-you-dont-need-a-tv-licence https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/t... My country has a couple of public broadcasters and we don't have to pay a fee, but they do show ads.

lotsofpulp 4y ago
It is a tax, but they did not want to call it a tax, so they called it a “license fee” that they figured few would opt out of since almost everyone used to like watching broadcasted TV. Now that the assumption is false and many do opt out of the TV license by not having a TV, they are grasping at straws to still be able to collect the tax from as many people as they used to be able to collect from.
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