📺 The BBC is cutting me and hundreds of thousands of other UK licence fee payers out of iPlayer from 30 September. ✂️This could be the cue for mass cancellation of the licence. 🚫When the UK switched from analogue to digital television requiring many households to stump up for new hardware there were years of preparation public information campaigns and support schemes. With this we have about eight weeks. ⏳Sky, ITVX, Channel5, Netflix, AppleTV+, Youtube, Amazon don’t have... Read more
📺 The BBC is cutting me and hundreds of thousands of other UK licence fee payers out of iPlayer from 30 September. ✂️
This could be the cue for mass cancellation of the licence. 🚫
When the UK switched from analogue to digital television requiring many households to stump up for new hardware there were years of preparation public information campaigns and support schemes. With this we have about eight weeks. ⏳
Sky, ITVX, Channel5, Netflix, AppleTV+, Youtube, Amazon don’t have this issue. Only BBC iplayer.
I am a cord cutter. 📡 I do not receive TV from an aerial at all so I rely entirely on iPlayer to watch the BBC.
You might think it is a tech issue. 🤔 Maybe the devices are out of date.
However my Nvidia Shield is one of the most powerful streaming boxes on the market(£190-£230). 💪 Yet it is still about to lose iPlayer access in a matter of weeks. ⏰
We have paid our licence. 💷 The hardware is more than capable. The app has worked fine. Now the BBC is blocking with virtually zero warning. ⚠️
I am really disappointed in the BBC for this.
This hits many Android Google TV devices Nvidia Shield ,TCL, Xiaomi , Onn, Thomson and others. 📱 Hundreds of thousands of UK households are affected. These are not dodgy boxes. They are capable retail devices people bought for performance. Tech is not the problem. The Shield still outperforms most certified sticks. This is a conscious BBC decision. 🎯
Why? ❓ No user benefit. No security crisis. No technical failure. Just a rapid hard cutoff that forces people to buy new hardware or lose access. 💸
Aggregate cost to households potentially tens of millions. 💰 Meanwhile the licence is £180.
Every cancelled fee costs the BBC real money at a time when hundreds of thousands are already walking away. 🚶
It is ruthless and counterproductive. 😤 Licence payers who fund the BBC are locked out of a service they have already paid for for zero gain.
For cord cutters like me who have no aerial this is even worse. iPlayer is the only way we get BBC content. The status quo worked. This creates resentment and gives people a clear reason to question the fee. 🔥
At a time when the BBC is spending a fortune on questionable promos pushing the BBC value this hits hard. 💥
They may have forced me to cancel. ❌
This could be the cue for mass cancellation of the licence. 🚫
When the UK switched from analogue to digital television requiring many households to stump up for new hardware there were years of preparation public information campaigns and support schemes. With this we have about eight weeks. ⏳
Sky, ITVX, Channel5, Netflix, AppleTV+, Youtube, Amazon don’t have this issue. Only BBC iplayer.
I am a cord cutter. 📡 I do not receive TV from an aerial at all so I rely entirely on iPlayer to watch the BBC.
You might think it is a tech issue. 🤔 Maybe the devices are out of date.
However my Nvidia Shield is one of the most powerful streaming boxes on the market(£190-£230). 💪 Yet it is still about to lose iPlayer access in a matter of weeks. ⏰
We have paid our licence. 💷 The hardware is more than capable. The app has worked fine. Now the BBC is blocking with virtually zero warning. ⚠️
I am really disappointed in the BBC for this.
This hits many Android Google TV devices Nvidia Shield ,TCL, Xiaomi , Onn, Thomson and others. 📱 Hundreds of thousands of UK households are affected. These are not dodgy boxes. They are capable retail devices people bought for performance. Tech is not the problem. The Shield still outperforms most certified sticks. This is a conscious BBC decision. 🎯
Why? ❓ No user benefit. No security crisis. No technical failure. Just a rapid hard cutoff that forces people to buy new hardware or lose access. 💸
Aggregate cost to households potentially tens of millions. 💰 Meanwhile the licence is £180.
Every cancelled fee costs the BBC real money at a time when hundreds of thousands are already walking away. 🚶
It is ruthless and counterproductive. 😤 Licence payers who fund the BBC are locked out of a service they have already paid for for zero gain.
For cord cutters like me who have no aerial this is even worse. iPlayer is the only way we get BBC content. The status quo worked. This creates resentment and gives people a clear reason to question the fee. 🔥
At a time when the BBC is spending a fortune on questionable promos pushing the BBC value this hits hard. 💥
They may have forced me to cancel. ❌
