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  • hans_glib0

    the fucking bbc - to access their website you now need to sign in. fucking cunts

    • Which website? iPlayer has been like that for years, news you don't or main homepage. What the dickens are you talking about?fadein11
    • It's annoying for the radioPhanLo
    • hardly unique to BBC thoughfadein11
    • i just use spotify to listen to podcasts from the beeb. No way i'm downloading another fucking app just for their content, x week delay or nay.Nairn
    • think he was talking about the website, phaps its been rolled out gradually, i dnt have to login for anything aside from iplayerfadein11
    • ah, sorry, i was replying to @phonehome.Nairn
    • We don't have a TV LIcense, so we haven't used iPlayer in... what? 8 years now?Nairn
    • license only applies to live TV doesn't it? May be totally wrong thoughfadein11
    • No, for iPlayer too. Funny thing is (having just declared we don't need one the other week) - they state you need a license if you watch/stream live TV from ...Nairn
    • ..foreign broadcasters! Like, wtf? Get out.
      I've been meaning to check if that covers live youtube streams, etc.
      Surely not?
      Nairn
    • So'd I'd need to spend £1x0 each year to watch the occasional SpaceX lve launch stream? I assume very much not. But then, they are shysters.Nairn
    • So'd?Nairn
    • i watch barely any TV these days but still pay license like a toolfadein11
    • thought it only applied to live channels and radio, didnt think it applied to catchupfadein11
    • actually yes, if i am logged out it always asks if i have a license. you are correct. sure i heard someone ranting about the live thing though a while back...fadein11
    • recently moved and had a series of very aggressive letters from them. Going legal way too quick ha.fadein11
    • They're nasty cunts, they really are.Nairn
    • weird, yesterday i had to log in just to see the website, but now it's back to normal. teh power of teh qoob!hans_glib

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