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So they are not really free.

• DanBC 13y ago
  The licence fee is payable by people in the UK who use a device to watch broadcast tv. You don't need a licence for radios. Some people don't use a tv to watch broadcast TV, and so they don't need to pay a licence, and so to those people it is free. Obviously, pretty much nothing is free, but at some point it becomes tedious to say "free at the point of delivery, but paid for by X".
• mpyne 13y ago
  Life lesson #1: Nothing is really free.
• dangravell 13y ago
  "Free at the point of need", as it were.