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Re:Response to Google open letter by asdfasgasdgasdg on Monday August 17, 2020 @10:19AM (#24187477)
There are around 65 million UK residents. Even if thousands pull their license fee it's not gonna move the needle that much. And if it did move the needle, I suspect the government would address the issue by enforcing the license fee more aggressively, or by doing the sensible thing and funding the BBC via the general fund.
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Re:Response to Google open letter by throwaway45349 on Monday August 17, 2020 @04:41PM (#24191786)
They can't legally enforce it because the BBC guy has no special power to inspect your telly set and it's not technically a tax (as long as you don't consume BBC content). They also include YouTube/iPlayer consumption of BBC so it's unenforceable on a technical level too.

They've tried to scare people into compliance since the 50s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_detector_van

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