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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

Broadcast TV may be a dying format. But, BBC is a lot more than broadcast TV. They do radio, they do podcasts, they do short form video content, they do streaming, they do VOD, they do web news and blogs.

IMO, that's the problem with a TV subscription. A lot of people interact with BBC stuff on a daily basis on phones, computers, game consoles, etc. It's hard to avoid seeing a piece of BBC content even if you don't own a TV.