In the UK we have a TV licence that costs £150 or so a year. You need it to watch any live broadcast media. I have not paid for this in over ten years. I also h

In the UK we have a TV licence that costs £150 or so a year. You need it to watch any live broadcast media. I have not paid for this in over ten years. I also have not watched any terrestrial TV in that time period. It's just... not good. Every time I visit family and watch the TV I am maddened by the adverts, and general quality of the programming. Regarding news, the internet is a better fit for me. If we're talking about "general" news rather than reading change logs, then I get my fix with written news on half a dozen outlets ranging from public media, political left/right media, and then some more specialised websites for tech/cyber news. I don't think I would go back to "normal" TV/broadcast media. It makes me emotionally angry and I can feel a physical response to the annoyance of it.