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Don't you feel like you should get a license? Regardless of wether you're legally supposed to.

The sheer quality of programming they put out. Buy a license.

I don't watch often enough. I'd consider microtransactions in the iPlayer, but not a flat £145 per year.

Which is from memory less than Sky charges for content that includes adverts and is (IMHO) of vastly lower quality. Certainly far less of Sky's content is original productions.

I'd never get Sky. In fact I convinced a family member to cancel theirs becuase they were getting little value from it.

This appears to be correct, though it's not guaranteed to remain so: see http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/01/iplayer_does_... and http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/playing_tv_progs/... .

[EDITED to add: But if you watch a programme at the same time as it's being broadcast, you do need a licence.]

you're right but they want to change that