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if it's anything like what's done in france and other european countries then it's a tax on the ownership of TVs.
by gryn 3y ago
if it's anything like what's done in france and other european countries then
it's a tax on the ownership of TVs.
- JoshTriplett 3y agoIn the UK, if you own a TV but do not watch broadcast/cable television, you specifically do not owe the fee. There are plenty of stories from the early days of the Internet before widespread adoption of streaming services, where saying you don't watch TV programmes would get funny looks and insistent claims that you couldn't possibly have another use for a TV, but the fee was in fact tied to BBC, not to the ownership of a TV.
- IanCal 3y agoJust to be clear it was tied to live TV broadcasts not only BBC content. The point that it's not about owning a device is very important though.