alan1302 i suppose you are correct it is up to the individual as to where its value for money or a rip off . £13.12 is not a lot , but you are / where made to pay it it was made law to pay it yet it went to the BBC who paid extremely high salaries to presenters like jimmy savile.
BBC would decided what you watch and when , yet subscription channels like netflix ect are cheaper and you decide what you watch and when .
it is a personal choice to decide rip off or not (apart from it being law to pay it ).
my personal view is it will be older people in their 60s, 70s, 80s who pay it (im sure theres stats somewhere about it ) and are happy to pay it because they have always paid it, older people who cant get to grips with new technology
if the BBC became a subscription channel i wounder if they would get as many people paying , as they have just now because its law .
if it was not law would you pay it