I really don't understand why BBC Sounds is free outside the UK. The argumement for not making it subscription based seems to be focused on UK listening via the

I really don't understand why BBC Sounds is free outside the UK. The argumement for not making it subscription based seems to be focused on UK listening via the radio. Perhaps it's just not worth the hassle to collect it. https://www.radiocentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Radiocentre-response-to-Lords-Committee-on-BBC-funding-2022-SUBMITTED.pdf https://www.radiocentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Radio... Do you gets ads on BBC Sounds when you listen abroad? There's some noise about introducing them here, but there's always license fee chatter so it's hard to distinguish what's real and what's politics. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/03/19/bbc-plan-run-radio-adverts-catastrophic-uk-media/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/03/19/bbc-plan-run...