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The BBC is launching a paywall in the US (www.niemanlab.org)
submitted 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Time to unfollow them, I guess.

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[โ€“] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Gotta get that TV loicense.

[โ€“] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 10 points 14 hours ago

I suppose the TV licence in the UK is a sort of paywall, even if it is made of swiss cheese and enforced by folk with all the legal standing of Larry the Head Mouser or whatever moggy it is now.

I pay it, but I'm loathed to now. Not because I watch any live TV or BBC programming, but because I use the BBC News site a metric fucktonne and I suppose I justify it to myself as funding the BBC News department rather than Graham Norton's salary.

Maybe I'll fuck it off though. I do fancy a letter war with Capita or whoever managed the enforcement these days.