They could make the BBC subscription-based
But then not everybody would pay the subscription.

So either the programme-making budget would be slashed, or the subscription would go up, either way you get a lot less for your money.

Then even fewer people would pay the subscription.

And so on.

Until we end up like Australia or the USA.

Some people might argue that there would be nothing wrong with that, but I would be willing to poke them all in the eye.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 16:58, 2 replies)

Frankly yes, that would be worse.
If I had a TV I wouldn't mind paying the licence to escape the adverts, but the OP was about the harassing and threatening techinques the licencing authority uses to try and get money out of people who don't owe them any.
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 16:59, closed)

I entirely agree
The BBC is one of the few things which Britain can still be proud of. The government is doing all it can to break up the corporation, but I think it should be strengthened, if anything.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 19:39, closed)