Following up on the questions about the TV license from the previous post. Yes, to watch television in the UK, you need to purchase the corresponding license. You can think of it as a tax on television. Watching TV or any video content live (Amazon Prime, YouTube, etc.) without a license is a criminal offense. And this applies not only to a television as such, but also to any device capable of playing video. If you don't pay the license, you could be fined £1000 (approximately 92,500 rubles) or even sent to prison. The cost of the license is £159 per year (approximately 14,700 rubles). You can pay monthly.

You might ask, how do they know if I don't have a license? To which they respond that they have inspectors who go door-to-door and check television usage, as well as "undocumented equipment for detection."

Would you pay for something you watch, especially when it's not going to the creator of the content, but to a separate third-party company that simply wants money for it? 🤔

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