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What's that about, for the non-Brits casually hanging out in this community?
The BBC is weirdly aggressive about trying to get people to pay for their TV usage, but they’re also pretty impotent. They’ll try to come into your house to see if you have a TV set, at which point you’re probably obligated to pay for the license. You don’t have to let them in, though, so all they can really do is pester you
Ah ok, same as in Germany then. Though they are getting more and more liberties, to the point of signing you up by themselves and then it's on you to prove you don't own a TV. And since a few years, even a laptop or phone qualifies since you can use those to access public broadcasting channels through their website, making it really hard to prove you got absolutely nothing, unless you can somehow convince them to be both blind and deaf.
Youre allowed to own a tv or other device for gaming and streaming. You just have to show them that you dont have an aerial or dish connected to receive live tv. Bbc iplayer also requires a license. You need to declare that you dont watch live tv or iplayer though, which is pretty easy to do on their website. Ive been declaring no license needed for about 10 years, ive never had an inspection, but I work most days in the week so that doesnt necessarily mean they havent tried.