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Re:Introducing Moto G: An Exceptional Phone At An Exceptiona... by msh on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @12:47PM (#6726906)
So they are not really free.
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Re:Introducing Moto G: An Exceptional Phone At An Exceptiona... by DanBC on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @01:26PM (#6727223)
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".

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Re:Introducing Moto G: An Exceptional Phone At An Exceptiona... by mpyne on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @01:29PM (#6727241)
Life lesson #1: Nothing is really free.
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Re:Introducing Moto G: An Exceptional Phone At An Exceptiona... by dangravell on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @03:44PM (#6728339)
"Free at the point of need", as it were.
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