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https://archive.ph/3xFCY https://archive.ph/3xFCY (when did BBC.com become paywalled?)
by ChrisArchitect 2mo ago
https://archive.ph/3xFCY https://archive.ph/3xFCY (when did BBC.com become paywalled?)
- xp84 2mo agoI think they realized that deapite their paid-for-by-TV-license status, they can do whatever they want to non-UK traffic.
- drcongo 2mo agobbc.com is part of BBC Worldwide, a separate commercial subsidy of the BBC, and not part of the TV license funding.
- r721 2mo ago>The BBC is introducing a paywall in the U.S. https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/the-bbc-is-introducing-a-paywall-in-the-u-s/ https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/the-bbc-is-introducing-a-p... (June 26, 2025)
- fuzzfactor 2mo agoI sure hope their advertisers are asking for huge amounts of money back since thay can no longer reach millions of people which they were paying to reach previously.