▲ 61 ▼ Full list of areas in the UK targeted in ‘dodgy’ Fire TV stick crackdown (metro.co.uk) submitted 1 year ago by tomjuggler@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments Hopefully nobody tells them about the raspberry pi..
[–] Pissmidget@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (3 children) Oi! Do you have a license for that tv stick? permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jqubed@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children) I remember a Scottish lady telling us in the ’90s about how they had vans that would drive around to find illegal TVs and the whole thing was just mind-boggling to me! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago* They were bullshit, but the BBC really pushed it for years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NmdUcmLFkw They just visited houses that didn't have a license on record. Edit: Apparently they were real. The BBC can fuck off. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Pissmidget@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* In Norway you could make good money as an antenna port removal person, essentially filling it with solder or some such, and making paperwork confirming it had been done. If you had that piece of paper you didn't have to pay licensing fees, as it was tied to the antenna port. Funnily enough most everyone with a top box used the scart for television, so it didn't really make a difference. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children) I remember a Scottish lady telling us in the ’90s about how they had vans that would drive around to find illegal TVs and the whole thing was just mind-boggling to me! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago* They were bullshit, but the BBC really pushed it for years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NmdUcmLFkw They just visited houses that didn't have a license on record. Edit: Apparently they were real. The BBC can fuck off. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Pissmidget@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* In Norway you could make good money as an antenna port removal person, essentially filling it with solder or some such, and making paperwork confirming it had been done. If you had that piece of paper you didn't have to pay licensing fees, as it was tied to the antenna port. Funnily enough most everyone with a top box used the scart for television, so it didn't really make a difference. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago* They were bullshit, but the BBC really pushed it for years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NmdUcmLFkw They just visited houses that didn't have a license on record. Edit: Apparently they were real. The BBC can fuck off. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pissmidget@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* In Norway you could make good money as an antenna port removal person, essentially filling it with solder or some such, and making paperwork confirming it had been done. If you had that piece of paper you didn't have to pay licensing fees, as it was tied to the antenna port. Funnily enough most everyone with a top box used the scart for television, so it didn't really make a difference. permalink fedilink source parent