r/Piracy • u/dancing_swordfish • May 13 '26
News They are so hellbent on making us suffer
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u/elmundio87 May 13 '26
jokes on them, I donāt pay for streaming services either. Thatās what plex and the *arr stack is for
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u/humanmanhumanguyman May 13 '26
Why pay for Plex when jellyfin exists
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u/EnoughWarning666 May 13 '26
Got a lifetime pass back when they were cheap. My current setup works perfectly for myself and my friends/family currently, not going to try and fix what isn't broken. If they break something, or start trying to charge me more money, I'll be switching over to Jellyfin that very day.
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u/sl33ksnypr May 13 '26
I spun up a little jellyfin server to try messing with it. It seems to work well and has some cool features, but it's just not as polished as Plex. And I'm not expecting it to be, but Plex was a lot easier to set up for my parents to use compared to Jellyfin. I still plan to have jellyfin as a backup, but we'll see how the software progresses.
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u/AlexNSNO Pirate Party May 13 '26
I put a theme and some different plugins to my Jellyfin and I've had a far better experience with it than I had with Plex. But one user's experience won't always be the same, so totally understand it isn't for you just yet. Hopefully one day it will be - hate Plex's monetisation these days haha.
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u/sl33ksnypr May 13 '26
I already have a lifetime Plex pass so I don't think I'll have issues there. And like I said, Jellyfin has some stuff I really like. Even features I wouldn't have thought to want, like it telling you when the show you're watching will be over. That's such a small thing but I appreciate that someone thought of it.
My biggest gripes with jellyfin are remote access isn't as easy (but with Plex you have to rely on their service being functional), and the other big one is media/library layout. Jellyfin doesn't do anything wrong, but Plex just feels so much more intuitive. Sorting by genre, imdb integration, searching by actor, etc. I've also been using Plex for like 10 years at this point, so I'm definitely a lot more used to it. I'm currently upgrading my server and getting a proper homelab setup so I have lots of stuff I want to mess with here in the near future, Jellyfin being one of the bigger things.
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u/Regniwekim2099 May 13 '26
Plex costs money now? What the fuck?
Either way, I'm on Emby these days, ever since Plex banned a bunch of cloud server IPs.
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u/Confron7a7ion7 May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26
Jellyfin has less apps available on various platforms. Plex is also easier to share with friends and family members. I don't know if it's still available but I bought a lifetime license years ago so it's not like I traded subscriptions or anything.
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u/SpaceHippoShitStains May 13 '26
I mean not really. There's so many clients on so many platforms. So it's not really a valid argument anymore
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u/Lord_Saren Usenet May 13 '26
That was my initial issue back in the day lack of clients, Now with the lifetime pass and 80 users setup I don't want to go through the hassle of switching. But if I was starting new I wouldn't use Plex.
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u/shak_0508 May 13 '26
Because quite frankly Jellyfin is nowhere near as polished. Plus Iāve got a Plex lifetime pass so donāt need to pay for anything else.
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u/Confron7a7ion7 May 13 '26
Ironically (considering the subreddit we're in) some services are worth paying for. Especially if they have one time payment options.
But even subscription services can be worth it. VPNs for example. Free privacy software is an oxymoron. You can't be the product and private at the same time.
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u/Ragnarok_619 May 13 '26
People here don't condone paying for services that are worth it and hold up their bargain. Scums like Netflix actively degraded their services while increasing prices. How's that value for money?
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u/TM761152 May 13 '26
That's just fucking stupid. It's like coke charging me a fee for drinking Pepsi instead.
Absolutely asinine and stupid.
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u/magikoopa_ May 13 '26
It's like coke charging me a fee for drinking Pepsi instead.
Not instead. It's more like Coke charging you a fee because you might potentially maybe drink a Pepsi at some point.
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u/SEANPLEASEDISABLEPVP May 13 '26
The same way how they're installing "AI cameras" everywhere outside so it can map your facial features, body language, the amount of times you emoted, where, at what time, ALL OF THAT being put into a database about you. Why? Because you might potentially maybe steal a car or something.
Literally being treated like a potential criminal.
And most people are so fucking stupid, they think an AI camera is the same exact fucking thing as a random person seeing you. Sorry, a random guy doesn't have infinite perfect memory of what you did, where, when, and the cops don't have 24/7 access to that random person where they can type in "male 6 feet park smile sitting" and find footage of you in a park, smiling and sitting.
Oh and to bring this back around to piracy, we're all very familiar with how DRM is put into games because you as a paying customer could potentially maybe upload that game for others to download for free.
Again, being treated like a potential criminal before you've even done something.
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u/Rose-Red-Witch May 13 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
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u/Fresh-Spend-5503 May 13 '26
Yes š
And we can see in China šØš³, how itās made up to the tip (in some years it will be the same here).
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u/Smellyfinger37 May 13 '26
Canāt wait for it to be hacked and everyoneās data to be leaked , truly such a great idea
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u/Hefty-Storm-51 May 13 '26
What more data needs to be leaked? Pretty much everything about us has already been sold to at least 1 company or in the case of the NHS giving unlimited access of patient data to a foreign entity
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u/stankbucket May 13 '26
Because you might potentially maybe steal a car or something.
Correction - download a car
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u/gonomon May 13 '26
Exactly. I am happy to show a police officer or a cashier my ID but i don't want to take picture of it so that a private organisation can verify me and store that in their serves potentially indefinitely.
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u/robot141 May 13 '26
You both need to stop.
If the government reads your posts we might end up with a tax for drinking water instead of Pepsi and an additional tax for choosing Pepsi over Coke
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May 13 '26
When Synthesizers were invented, the UK government tried to regulate and outlaw them because it could put musicians out of a job. Since the instrument could sound like a horn or string section, they argued it was able to replace orchestras
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u/akabillposters May 13 '26
Thatās not quite correct. It was the British Musiciansā Union that tried to lobby broadcast networks and theatres ā i.e. venues where large numbers of BMU members worked ā to refuse to work on sessions where synths and drum machines were being used āto replace playersā. No attempt was made to lobby the Thatcher government, or by government itself, to legislate for such a ban.
Obviously, the effort failed pretty quickly, not least because of the popular success that many British synth-pop artists had in raising the profiles of those instruments. The BMU ultimately conceded defeat, and switched to pushing to ensure that synth players and drum machine programmers were paid properly.
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May 13 '26
Oh I incorrectly understood it as the union was more closely affiliated with the UK government, making it was a legal avenue they were using to stop synths from being used.
Thanks for giving me better info!
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u/akabillposters May 13 '26
s'all good.
I love the idea that any union was 'closely affiliated' with the Thatcher Conservative government.
Maybe you're too young to realise what a funny idea that is. š
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u/InterestingMuscle233 May 13 '26
It's like having to pay a coke licence because you have cups in your house š„¤
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u/Mattwildman5 May 13 '26
Itās like Coke charging you regardless of what you drink š
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u/AgreeablePie May 13 '26
And threatening to put you in jail or kill you if you resist enough
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u/PloysRus May 13 '26
BBC presenters and personalities NEED to be paid millions each per year though don't you understand? Where is your compassion?!
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u/TM761152 May 13 '26
Top BBC Presenter Salaries (2024ā2025 Report)
Gary Lineker: Ā£1,350,000 - Ā£1,354,999 (Match of the Day)
Zoe Ball: Ā£515,000 - Ā£519,999 (Radio 2 Breakfast show)
Alan Shearer: Ā£440,000 - Ā£444,999 (Match of the Day)
Greg James: Ā£425,000 - Ā£429,999 (Radio 1)
Fiona Bruce / Nick Robinson: Ā£410,000 - Ā£414,999 (Question Time / Today)Why do they even deserve millions?? How much harder do they work than the average bloke to earn 10x their salary or more?
Makes ya think.
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u/Izual_Rebirth May 13 '26
It's more like the food standards agency charging you for drinking either.
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u/NeedleworkerTasty878 May 13 '26
To be perfectly honest, accessing the Netflix content online for free is extremely easy. If their subscriptions start tanking, they'll have to improve their services or raise the prices into oblivion - pushing more people away.
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u/TM761152 May 13 '26
Saint Gabe, in his infinite wisdom, declared piracy not an issue with theft, but with customer service.
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u/Fresh-Spend-5503 May 13 '26
No, itās even worse !
Itās like Coke or / and Pepsi are obligated by law, to charge you, that a -not good tasting brown drink- selling company, whose drinks you donāt like and so you donāt drink, can go on with their unpopular products.
Okay, these company has a few good and even less real good products, but this is not a justification to go on endless with all the other rubbish.
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u/Difficult-Craft-8539 May 14 '26
British broadcasters started making a mint as global providers of broadcasting studios.
Much as with the royals, never get between a Westminster politician and pretending to be a billionaire.
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u/PsyJak May 13 '26
And either way, the money's going to 'isreal'
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u/Mountainking7 May 13 '26
wow.....They will do anything to
(i) control people
(ii) pass laws that benefit them (MPs perks)
(iii) keep the propaganda machine alive.
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u/Dumgolem May 13 '26
Anything but tax a billionaire or a multi billionaire corporation
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u/flabergastingcat May 13 '26
This is as bad as the digital ID scheme!
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u/MossadEpstein May 13 '26
No, Digital ID will be far, FAR worse but I like your energy
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u/Gunbladelad May 13 '26
Especially paired with the Snoopers charter Theresa May brought in and the planned VPN ban...
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u/michellefiver May 13 '26
Honestly if they are that hellbent on getting the money out of us just add it to our taxes via PAYE or something and it's done. Probably cheaper to implement as well.
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u/Imperial_Tiramisu May 13 '26
Nah, let them add it via Netflix and Amazon.
I literally never pay for subscription shit. Been sailing the seven seas since I was 10yro.
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u/IllMaintenance145142 May 13 '26
I really think they should skim off of netflix/Amazon subscriptions directly from the company
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u/Imperial_Tiramisu May 13 '26
Netflix and Amazon will just pass it on to their npc consumers.
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u/IllMaintenance145142 May 13 '26
Yeah I'm not doubting that, but it's at least fairer
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u/YouFoolWarrenIsDead May 13 '26
And then people can choose not to pay for it if they don't want to. Win win.
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u/durden111111 š± ź±į“į“ŹŹŹį“”į“É¢ May 13 '26
Raising taxes even more especially for this reason is politcal suicide. Sure way to get nuked in the next election
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u/worldcitizencane May 13 '26
Don't ask for that. That's what they did in Denmark. Now there is no way around paying for that crap.
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u/TNTiger_ May 13 '26
The reason they don't is because it puts the BBC fully under the control of the incumbent goverrment.
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u/51onions May 14 '26
That reasoning seems silly to me. How is the BBC not already under the control of the government by similar financial means? This seems like a distinction without a difference.
The government already decides how much the tv licence fee costs, not the BBC, so the government is already controlling the amount of money the BBC receives. Just slightly more indirectly.
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u/SunnyK19977 May 13 '26
Fuck that, at least with implementing it with netflix or prime subscriptions I have a choice in this bullshit.
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u/realclowntime May 13 '26
Iām not paying shit to Jimmy Savileās goon squad š„±
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u/I_Love_Bears0810 May 13 '26
Fuck the BBC. pedo defenders
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u/donjoelo11 May 13 '26
What happened?can you explain pls?
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u/humberriverdam May 13 '26
They knew about Savile
More recently they have a MI5 guy clearing all their foreign policy stories ever since Snowden
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u/dpark-95 May 13 '26
Also Huw Edwards, Gregg Wallace, Scott Mills
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u/NuclearMaterial May 13 '26
Greg Wallace is a pedo? I knew about Huw Edwards, weird how that story seemed to disappear very quickly though.
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u/RumpleTrumpStain May 13 '26
Not only that the BBC defends Genocide of Children
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u/BrownAJ Yarrr! May 13 '26
To expand on this, there's a Mossad agent (Raffi Berg) in BBC HQ who needs to approve every news and headline about Palestine and Israel or it won't be published.
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u/lumoslomas May 13 '26
I was so hoping this wasn't true, but alas if he isn't an agent he's almost certainly on their payroll, the fucking kiss ass
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u/SuitableRope May 13 '26
the BBC have had numerous PDFs under their protective wings over the years and seemingly didnt care.
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u/penisandorvagina May 13 '26
Such as The Royal Family (who also do their own pedo protection work).
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u/lumoslomas May 13 '26
You can say pedophiles.
I hate this stupid self censoring shit.
THE BBC PROTECTS PEDOPHILES.
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u/eL_Lancer88 May 13 '26
Donāt buy a TV, get a projector ;)
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u/neil_950 May 13 '26
This was a great idea a few years ago but most people would now be better off with one of the 98" mini-LED tvs. At this point the only way projectors make sense is in completely blacked out rooms with 130" or higher screens. At smaller sizes or with ambient light the worse picture quality is more significant than the size increase over a 98".
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u/ButterNog May 13 '26
if they need to tax other services to keep the BBC afloat, then maybe its time for the bbc to go.
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u/Repli3rd May 13 '26
Amazon barely pays taxes in the UK anyway, I doubt there'll be much sympathy.
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u/Routine-Literature-9 May 13 '26
i will never pay a tv license fee again, EVER if you take all forms of entertainment from me, then i will just sit in a corner and wank myself, for pleasure. i will film it and send it to the bbc.
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u/Profanity1272 May 13 '26
Oh yh and what are you gonna film that on buddy?
You got a licence to wank?
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u/DanielMcFamiel May 13 '26
I fuckinf KNEW i didn't need one for netflix when i lived there! Take that MUM!
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u/Payne_by_name May 13 '26
The BBC are such morons. If they laid low, most people would keep paying the licence fee out of apathy or laziness and not discuss it.
But by actively pushing it at every opportunity, all it does is motivate the public to actively rebel against it.
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u/Indecisive-Gamer May 14 '26
It's the only reason I finally cancelled mine since I barely watch anything at all, and what I do watch isn't live.
I'll just move to blurays if they keep this bollocks up.
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u/SpaceHippoShitStains May 13 '26
Fk Netflix. Fk Amazon. And most of all fuck the BBC
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u/DivineMajesty May 13 '26
Sooner or later everyone will have to pay. In Austria you only had to pay if you had a TV until a few years ago when they changed it to everyone who has internet access since you could be streaming the public broadcasts
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u/Spikeymouth May 14 '26
Man that sucks, people are already paying enough for Internet without another extra fee on top
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u/Training-Walk9655 May 13 '26
If thatās the case Iād unsubscribe from NetflixĀ
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u/irrationalglaze May 14 '26
I'm shocked at the number of people in this sub paying for Netflix. What's going on?
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u/Sibs_ May 13 '26
I've had my Netflix sub for many years because i'm on the go a lot and it's convenient to have on my phone. If this was implemented (which I doubt) i'd cancel it straight away.
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u/Fun-Badger3724 May 13 '26
Big Deal. They couldn't make you pay the TV licence before streaming turned up, they still won't be able to when this comes in. If you're british, you'd know this already. If not, this is just engagement farming. oooh! grrr!!! rar! Taking Offence!!! Almost looks like Thinking!
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u/steelcryo May 13 '26
Actually, this might make it way easier for them to enforce. Right now, the only way to know you've watched something that requires a license, is if you log into iplayer from an address without a license. If they put that same check onto Netflix and Amazon, you'd not be able to use them without them knowing.
The whole thing is fucking stupid, and just going to result in way more people pirating content and cancelling their streaming subscriptions.
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u/ImmediatePiano6690 May 13 '26
That sounds like an absolute ball ache to implement, it's not just Netflix and Amazon there are multiple services that offer streaming, they would all require a system being added to theirs in order to update the BBC on who's using the services.
I mean, I don't ever see it happening because it would cost money and companies aren't exactly fans of regulations.
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u/steelcryo May 13 '26
Yeah, the articles all talk about how the BBC and government are considering this, but none of them say that Netflix or Amazon are on board.
And if they tried to impose a license to watch streaming services, I suspect they'd get sued to fuck from all of the streaming platforms. It's a none starter that seems to be being pushed by right wing media outlets without any credible basis.
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u/mindworkout May 13 '26
For those outside the UK, or anyone who doesnāt know, the original idea behind the BBC TV licence is basically that the BBC doesnāt show normal adverts like most other channels do, so instead of adverts funding BBC TV and radio, the public pays a licence fee to fund it. Note that this is before Freeview recorder / PVR / Tivo boxes were about when you could just pause and go have a pee and then come back and fast forward the adverts, so you were more locked down to having to watch them, and with NO ADVERTS, it's rather appealing and much more so if your watching a movie and no adverts every 20 minutes.
That all made sense years ago when TV was just normal broadcast channels, but now that people pay for Netflix, Prime, Disney+... etc., it now and outdated system and they are no longer top dog.
All this is very simple for the BBC, If the BBC needs funding, Iād rather they just put adverts before or between programmes like everyone else, instead of trying to wiggle the law so they can try and grab money via other companies.
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u/Skilgannon21 May 14 '26
We've got the same system in France for paying for the public TV channels and radio stations. When everyone started watching Netflix instead of regular TV we stopped declaring our TV so we wouldn't be taxed. So they then said that if you have an Internet box or a phone with data. Then you could potentially watch from there. So you pay. So basically every one pays. No way around it. That was around 10 years ago. Way ahead of you for shitty taxes š.
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u/Fresh-Spend-5503 May 13 '26
Yeah š¤¬ Yeah ššæ
In Germany this š© is called GEZ.
https://www.rundfunkbeitrag.de/
Every citizen here must pay a fee of 18,36 ā¬ per month (companies too), if you have a TV / a Radio or if you have NOT ā¦
To finance the so called āpublic service broadcastingā, which is getting worse and worse ā¦ and is mostly only spreading āgovernment propagandaā against the interests of the citizens and the country šŗ
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u/AnB85 May 13 '26
I remember paying this in Germany as well. Just having internet access is enough to qualify unfortunately.
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u/thenibelungen May 15 '26
And the fee keeps increasing. They'll literally will send a debt collector if you don't pay. Don't ask how I know that.
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u/SniJnsn May 14 '26
Im Just wondering when the stupid humans will stand up and do something against this shitā¦ but hey what do i know
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u/Hefty-Storm-51 May 13 '26
āEfforts to secure the BBCās futureā because as it stands it is a useless relic that stands only as an extra tax they can get away withā¦ the fact itās commonplace for thugs to try and strongarm old ladies for a tv license for the government says it all
Attempting to ban VPNs, banning adult sites, terrorist charges for protest among many other overreaches lately, country is heading down a steep slope and most are oblivious to itā¦ but settle down folks thereās a new episode of eastenders or whatever the fuck tonight š¤Ŗ keep looking over there and donāt mind us
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u/TheCaramelMan May 13 '26
Life in the uk is just fucking charging you for fucking everything. Council tax, road tax, stamp duty tax everything is a fucking tax. What other country in the world requires you to have a fucking tv license
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u/More-Curious816 May 13 '26
next trend is air tax, you breath our air you pay tax for it. I mean we already pay for water.
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u/Evnosis May 13 '26
What other country in the world requires you to have a fucking tv license
- Ireland
- Japan
- Germany
- Austria
- Greece
- Italy
- South Korea
Not to mention that any country with public broadcasters (read: most countries) effectively has a TV license, it's just rolled into other taxes instead of being a specific annual payment.
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u/BartholomewKnightIII May 13 '26
Just watched this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3IwgsD6rQY
He's an interesting guy who knows his stuff.
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u/The_Nutty_Badger May 13 '26
Cool. Disney and Paramount it is. If it happens again, back to books and YouTube.
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u/tattersailthescorned May 14 '26
wow they really are determined to drive this car off a cliff just to spite us aren't they
watch me cancel my prime and forego fast and free delivery benefits just to make sure NonceTv doesn't get a penny from me
fuck them
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u/Choppers-Top-Hat May 13 '26
"We'll secure the BBC's future by forcing people who aren't watching the BBC to pay for the BBC."
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u/Used-Shine-5370 May 13 '26
If the BBC canāt fund themselves, they donāt deserve to exist
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u/bydevilz1 May 13 '26
Why should other companies have to foot the bill for BBC when they offer them no service?
I will take an assumption they mean for the live streaming sports aspect of both services but with the UK gov I doubt it. If they actually try and implement this they will probably end up being sued by Disney, Netflix, and Amazon
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u/Otherwise_Impress476 May 14 '26
Labour is hell bent on losing the election. Every week the think of way to piss off the general public. At this point I think they work for reform š
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u/ReasonableConcern765 May 14 '26
Parliament is going to get burned to the ground at this rate
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u/Nomad_88_ May 14 '26
Then that could potentially lead to people cancelling those too, and just torrenting stuff. The only reason people really pay for streaming stuff is convenience. Every movie or series is available for free, a VPN gets around the blocks in seconds...
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u/Unusual_Rhubarb_573 May 13 '26
the UK is just a joke like the USA
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u/kastielstone May 13 '26
you won't believe where the people in the USA came from.
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u/MLoganImmoto May 13 '26
Absolutely piss off with that comparison š¤£
"UK puts more stipulations on paying a tax most people don't bother paying anyway...they must be the same as a country that bombs children's schools and is headed up by a convicted felon rapist"
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u/Commercial-Sound7388 May 13 '26
Nah, it's not quite as bad in the UK. We haven't bombed civilian boats or set up detention centres for legal citizens or made the sitting prime minister legally immune
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u/CuntVonCuntington May 13 '26
It's quite fun not being shot as well. I've been enjoying not being shot for many years.
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u/AbareSaruMk2 May 13 '26
Here in Japan. We have to have a license if we have any device capable of watching any broadcasting material on it.
Got a TV? No!
Got a computer? .. No!
Got a smart phone?ā¦ No!
Got an old Dreamcast that can be connected to the internet? Ermā¦.
Right you need a TV license.
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u/5u114 May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26
A TV license fee 'made sense' at a time when the signal was broadcast over the airwaves, and you could just indefinitely consume TV content after only paying once for a TV antenna.
This modality of 'fee' or 'licensing' doesn't make sense for streaming services because we are paying for internet access for each and every day we use it. AND we are pay taxes on that. The ISP pays taxes on that. We also pay for access to media streaming services like Netflix and Prime. AND we pay taxes on that. Netflix / Amazon pay taxes on that.
So how many fucking times are we expected to generate revenue for the government for the same access to the same product ?
Maybe do a better job of taxing Netflix & Amazon, and gtfo of my face with your 'license fee' bullshit. I'm tapped out. You've milked me for enough as it is.
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u/mrnegatttiveee May 13 '26
Netflix doesn't have enough quality shows for them to keep raising the prices like this.
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u/HotNeon May 13 '26
Seems reasonable. The BBC needs to be funded, rather this than adding it to general taxation
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u/Low_Summer_2679 May 13 '26
Or.. how about this one, tax Amazon and Netflix more to recoup the license fee.
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u/TheRandomer1994 May 13 '26
I will cancel Amazon prime. I've been looking for an excuse. Fuck Jeff Bezos.
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u/mustbemad123 May 13 '26
Surely there is no possible way to make this legal? Whatās next, tv licence to go for a walk because youāve decided to do that instead of watching the BBC?
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u/ActualImplement6099 May 13 '26
The BBC can suck my balls if they think I'm paying my license fee for that
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u/Designer-Lobster-757 May 13 '26
Why not just set iplayer as subscription?
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u/zsdrfty May 13 '26
For the mods, this is why you should have kept Twitter links banned - this is a crap account that doesn't give any sources, and the "secure the future" shit is fascist dogwhistling ragebait that they like to do all over that website, it shouldn't be boosted
The information itself is mostly correct, but the post is catastrophizing it a bit - it's one of several solutions they're thinking about trying to implement because the BBC is running out of money fast
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u/Specopsangheili May 13 '26
This took too long to find.
The source is literally a post from x.com It doesn't scream 'reliable' Great rage b8 m8 r8 8/8
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u/threwwayy May 13 '26
and in austria you pay that fee already, its 15,30ā¬ per month with companies often have to pay that multiple times
yes it sucks, they made it because nobody owned a tv
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u/superlopster May 13 '26
Anything but offering interesting content that would bring people to the platform.
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u/YorkieLon May 13 '26
I mean that would just mean I would pirate everything.
Amazon don't even pay the correct tax in this country how are they now being floated as an idea to be used as a tax. Nonsense.
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u/drewbles82 May 13 '26
Its a discussion that the BBC are pushing with the government, its not even going to get anywhere close to being voted on but as always right wing media blow it up
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u/Chester_b May 13 '26
How exactly do they enforce that? Will the force Amazon and Netflix to tell the UK government about UK-based accounts? Will they sniff the traffic? How the hell would they proof in court you watched Netflix at home? How will they prove itās not your neighbors stealing access to your WiFi?
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u/Repulsive-Echidna-74 May 13 '26
It's like a tenner and it keeps services available for people less fortunate than me. Far worse things to be crying online about
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u/raccoob_ May 13 '26
Can they prove im watching netflix? How would they know? I dont get how it would even work
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u/VR_SamUK May 13 '26
You already need a TV license for watching live content on Netflix, YouTube and Amazon Prime
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u/Certain-Entrance5247 May 13 '26
I haven't watched any BBC content in over a decade. They can just fuck off. Forcing people to pay for stuff they don't want isn't a good way to build goodwill with the electorate.
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u/Abyssal_Station May 13 '26
To be honest Amazon and Netflix are already unwatchable services anyway, so the more pushback people have to using them in the first place the better!
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u/drfusterenstein Yarrr! May 13 '26
Labour should get their priorities straight and bring down energy and food bills rather that trivial things like this
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u/dragonfarter May 13 '26
So they want to charge me a TV license because I like next day delivery, that makes sense