For me although the TV License to fund the BBC is not a rip off and you do indeed get a lot of things, I would like to see it scrapped as we already need to pay extra for so many other things (Sky, BT, Netflix etc).
I could tolerate it and was happy to pay when the BBC was innovative, impartial, democratic and a joy to watch/listen to. For the past 5 years, it has been so biased pro-Remain, Anti-Tories, pro-devolution and pro-Scottish independence, Pro-Black Lives Matter etc in fact it does a disservice to all those campaigns I just mentioned as it turns people against them.
Recent polling showed that less than 40% of British audience find the BBC to be impartial and this is going down daily. We all hoped that the new Director General would improve impartiality and change tack but we were proven wrong.
My guess is that with the 2 new channels this yeas (GB News and the 2nd Murdoch News channel, I forgot its name) plus the continuous growth of social media and YouTube, the BBD will have to scrap the TV License and seek advertising revenue to fund itself in the next 5-10 years.
It can’t come soon enough for me… Had enough of being patronised/brainwashed and if I wanted this kind of propaganda, I’d move to North Korea or Moscow.
p.s: First time I comment on a non-motability related topic but I feel strongly about it as all my friends, colleagues and family who agree with me