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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Wait so the channels are FREE in the UK??? Like I could just buy a TV, pay for the cable/sat to be installed, and watch Cartoon Network or any other channel, except BBC??
gpt
😂 yeah

&gt;pay for the cable/sat to be installed

You dont even need to do that anymore. Can just buy a little sattelite to attach to a tv and you got it, dont need one on your house. And they come pretty small now; mines only the size of a finger with a little base on it.

And no the BBC will actually come on too. Its all free to access. Its just that they have vans that drive around and can scan tv's in your house. So if you havent bought the license, theyll knock on your door to try to inspect. But if they cant prove youve watched bbc then they cant do anything though in theory you should get a fine. 

The rest of the channels are free because the adverts on them pay for everything; the idea of paying for a subscription to watch something that also then has adverts is unacceptable to British consumers. Its one or the other only

The old thing was about black and white vs coloured tv's. Their vans could scan you had a tv but not which type, so the old trick was to pay for the black and white tv license when you had a coloured tv 😂 rebellious I know

But yeah, free tv is pretty cool to be fair