Actually the BBC is supported by a license fee... and if you don't have broadcast reception facilities then you don't have to pay unlike a tax which would be totally universal...
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Originally Posted by Barty
They're not trying to disconnect your service. They just don't want companies to profit from making ad blocking software. Theres a difference.
I don't know if I'd go so far as Harry in saying not watching commercials is ethically wrong. But I do think using ad skipping DVRs have external costs that undermine the whole commercial TV structure. You may say that's great, but what do you plan on replacing it with? Are your cable bills not high enough for you?
Maybe if it's different in the UK where the BBC is tax supported. In the US, even the tiny funding for public broadcasting is intolerable to conservatives.
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