It’s very rare these days that I bother with any of the five terrestrial channels. Usually its the wife who might recommend something relatively normal and/or non woke, such as “The Repair Shop” (Although even that has started ticking the usual boxes as of late!)
I also watched some Euro2020 England matches 2 or 3 months back, but that was in the pub and only served as background noise.
There is Freeview/Freeview Play of course, which isn’t really free at all because according to their own website, you still need a TV licence. And by all accounts its quantity over quality, with repeats, soaps, daytime shite, adverts, and other familiar drivel.
I still have my TV licence, and quite often I think about dumping it for good. But I don’t fancy all the hassle from the Craptia goons and a constant stream of pointless “reminder” letters from the BBC.
Fortunately I can afford the licence fee for the moment, so I’ll just let that sleeping dog lie for a bit longer.
However, as an alternative I must say YouTube, and similar sites, have loads of really interesting channels that you can watch online or download and watch offline completely free.
In my case I’ve subscribed to channels like Edd China, Buzzfeed, Spicy Horror, various paranormal/ghost hunting channels, murder mystery channels, photography, DIY, computing and a few others.
All of them have massive playlists of videos that I download using a legal paid-for app, and I can watch them on my TV with no ad-breaks, no trailers, no announcer voice-overs or “what’s coming next”. Just pure entertainment of my own choosing.
Then there’s the other option of a good VPN and torrent sites to choose programmes you want to watch, which includes classic comedies, dramas, films etc. All of which come without ads, no wokeyfuckaboutery or censorship of hurty words/scenes.
It’s no wonder the BBC are so shit-scared of losing its licence because it knows it just cannot compete in the free market against subscription streamers like Amazon, Netflix, Virgin etc, and smaller players such as Tik-Tok, Instagram and You Tube.
I’ve downloaded about 600Gbs of YouTube videos alone over the last few weeks, which will last me for a good few months, with more to come. So much more satisfying watching stuff I want to watch and whenever I want, rather than being told and patronised by those old school cunts from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4/5.
Nominated by: Technocunt




