I don't like it because I don't watch any TV programming, but it makes perfect sense to me. People that were watching things on TV are now watching them online. Many young people don't have televisions. So either public programming goes or it gets collected based on internet usage.
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The German version:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebühreneinzugszentrale#Charges...
I don't like it because I don't watch any TV programming, but it makes perfect sense to me. People that were watching things on TV are now watching them online. Many young people don't have televisions. So either public programming goes or it gets collected based on internet usage.