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313 points dcminter | 1 comments | 21 Oct 24 18:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.194s | source

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A "TV License" is one of those things I alway assumed people were making up to satirize the claims of over-regulation & bureaucracy in the UK.

Finding out it was real was a mixture of hilarious and sobering.

kamaitachi ◴[21 Oct 24 19:43 UTC] No.41907726[source]▶

It’s not just a U.K. thing. Many European countries have something similar, although it might be called something else.

It’s a form of tax that pays for public service broadcasting, including radio stations.

busterarm ◴[21 Oct 24 19:58 UTC] No.41907906[source]▶

Yes, but the UK is the only country with a license ridiculous enough to offer you a 50% discount _if you're blind_.

1. labster ◴[21 Oct 24 20:14 UTC] No.41908055[source]▶

That makes sense, a blind man only uses half of the signal.

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