If the BBC gets its way and a Licence becomes required to stream other providers in the UK. Is this the BBCs attempt to get viewers policed by providers, at the moment from a technical point , anyone can watch BBC without a licence. Tune in, watch online etc, there are no checks and this can easily be done anonymously. But take Netflix for example, Netflix holds payment and personal data on subscribers, information they could be forced to disclose, thereby identifying users to the BBC/Licencing Authority. I think this is probably a stronger motivation for the BBC than revenue, as they have never been able to effectively enforce the licence fee. Obviously the providers would reject this proposal, but if it is included under UK law would they still refuse? A lot of speculation sure, but ???

[–] 1 point 8 months ago*

And yet most local authorities see them as a target for budget cuts, Demonstrating the blinkered short sighted priorities of most local bureaucrats. I am always amazed that councils in the UK do not see the benefits to them and the communities they have duty of care to, of maintaining and caring for parks and green space. The knock on effects of setting such examples could be increased crime, increased care needs, increased mental health treatments and so on. All these paid for by local authorities with our money, costing more than simply taking care of parks and leisure spaces. I am a former park keeper and greenspace maintenance worker, and have worked for public and private organisations. I have seen first hand the cuts with decreased staff, decreased equipment and the exclusion of whole areas of greenspace from maintenance.

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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago

    The obsession with slaughtering millions of chickens every day, on nothing more than a factory production line. Birds deliberately mutated, filled with hormones and water, just to satisfy someones snack urge is obscene. Chicken has become a mere product. Eat chicken if you wish, but relentlessly promoting it as cheap food is wrong.

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