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That's a great idea! Go for it!

It's so much worse: The entire bloody country is as you describe it. The worst thing I guess for you is the <<pro-immigration>> bit.

A tiny bit of advice (in case your lawyer should not know about this), once you completed the crowdfunding, the case will have to be against the people in Switzerland, not the SRF.

Is it Friday? Shit, I forgot to pick up my crumpets.

Hey, welcome (back) to EF! Great first post. Awesome. Except for the "Anyone who has a WIFI router, smartphone, TV, radio etc must pay" bit—actually, after a short transition period, just about every household has to pay, regardless of their capacity to receive broadcasts. Just as every taxpayer has to fund roads, whether they have a car or bike or not. And just as Basel taxpayers support Fasnacht financially, whether they enjoy being woken up at 4 am or not. Sucks, doesn't it?

I mean, it'd be all right if only our income taxes were low by world standards...

No, as you can still be exempted during the transition period.

SRF Programming last Sunday alone was great.

My son and I watched "Einstein" in the morning. A fascinating look at searching for treasure in the great Pyramids.

https://www.srf.ch/sendungen/einstei...-cheops-teil-2

Australian Open Tennis was on then which I watched on a faultless stream on the SRF website.

Sunday evening the movie Everest was on which I had not seen before. Two clicks of the remote and switched the language to English.

Excellent stuff and great value in my opinion.

Good for you. I don't watch TV and I don't listen to the radio. Ever. So the fee is extortion.

You would need it in the event of a disaster, natural or otherwise !


It's basically a social thing, everybody pays a little and we can all use it. Insurance works exactly the same way

I had a good curry last night and washed it down with a good beer.

All excellent stuff.

Would you like to contribute to the costs?

I spent Sunday snowboarding rather than inside all day looking at a television receiving device (which I don't own anyway).

You would only need the radio part of it.

How many people still own a battery-powered radio (not their phone with it's pathetic battery life)?

What? This is possible? I mean to get those terrible dubs removed?

Why would I want to pay for a political propaganda machine that reinforces a mass ideological echo chamber? It's extortion.

I’ve been on Einstein, interestingly I did not have to join the communist party to do so.

If you have internet, you have access to internet radio and ability to stream TV. If you don’t have internet how are you posting on here?

What some, including me, are suggesting is exactly what no-billag proposed:


Keep SRF, but have them encrpyt (or whatever they feel like) their offer, and only those who want it pay and can then access it.



I had the pleasure of meeting the head of no billag, Olivier Kessler, in person. He told me that their committee was, after some hesitation, invited to meet some SRF folks. The first serious question SRF apparently asked Kessler was "why don't you like us?".


That's really a big part of the problem: "No-Billag" did and does not "not like SRF". They just don't like the fact that everyone is forced to pay.



It is and remains absurd, that you are obliged to pay for something simply through the fact that you can consume it.



I work in consultancy. Everybody can book me, including SRF. I wonder how they would react if I'd send them a bill for my services based on the fact that they can book me. To be honest, I guess they'd laugh and put my bill into the trash without answering. However, if I don't react to their SERAFE B$, eventually the police would come to knock on my door.



In essence, the money is taken from me by force and against my will.

What are you on? Seriously?

Yes, I have internet (obviously).

What point are you trying to make?

You stated that you do not have a television recieving device, I am just pointing out you are on a television recieving device right now.

you miss the point. I don't watch Swiss TV or listen to Swiss radio. Pardon me if I'm trying to address a mind that exercises reason.

It suffices to have access to the world wide web to post here, which is not strictly the same as the internet.

Brilliant comment. You nailed it. If you don't pay the fee, and don't pay the fine for not paying the fee, you go to prison. It's a freedom tax. Switzerland is a police state in disguise.

How can I contact Olivier Kessler? I'm interested in the feasibility of suing the SRF for dereliction of duty as a public broadcaster. It can be proven that they are not impartial and objective. I only know Swissinfo and it is blatantly biased. If enough people got together with the SVP's clout as support, I believe this could be done. What do you think?