salty_chief@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhoever didn't renew their cellphone license won't ever see thislemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1776arrow-down111
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minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·4 days agoOh. Thanks. But I knew that. “Cellphones” threw me off I guess.
minus-squareQueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·3 days agoOh they’re making increasingly mundane things require a license. There literally is one for watching TV
minus-squareJavi@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoThe TV licence has been around since 1946. Are you able to name one “increasingly mundane thing that now requires a licence” which didn’t previously?
minus-squareApocalypteroid@lemmy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·3 days agoThe money from paying for the TV licence pays for the BBC. You don’t need a licence if you don’t watch BBC channels/streaming.
minus-squarehudhf@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoIt’s any live broadcast, not just bbc
Oh. Thanks. But I knew that. “Cellphones” threw me off I guess.
Oh they’re making increasingly mundane things require a license. There literally is one for watching TV
The TV licence has been around since 1946. Are you able to name one “increasingly mundane thing that now requires a licence” which didn’t previously?
The money from paying for the TV licence pays for the BBC. You don’t need a licence if you don’t watch BBC channels/streaming.
It’s any live broadcast, not just bbc