Comments by "LoneTech" (@0LoneTech) on "this isn't fun anymore" video.

  1. Here in Sweden that search should not be required, as the credit info companies send us a copy of their response to each lookup. That said, dumb shit happens still. We had a blind man fighting off the TV extortion company Radiotjänst i Kiruna while they claimed their "interpretation" defined the law. With your drive, better times are coming. Best wishes.
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  2.  @frustrateduser9933  I believe the case I was thinking about involved Peter Bergman, at least that case was widely publicized (possibly starting with Östran). At the time he had some vision, using a computer with great magnification (Synskadades Riksförbund and Aftonbladet referred to him as blind). Radiotjänst i Kiruna did everything they could to be unreasonable, including immediately shouting they wouldn't be paying anything back after being specifically instructed that was their duty by the supreme court. I personally found it most remarkable when they specifically published a statement claiming their interpretation was what decided what the law said, not the intent or product of the lawmaking process. The core of the case was that they'd decided to unilaterally claim every computer was a TV receiver, specifically so they could extort more money. They claimed public service had become more expensive to produce and income was dropping while their public accounting disagreed. The law stated that a TV receiver was a device built for the purpose (e.g. a computer with a TV card), and had a specific definition of TV transmissions which excluded any Internet streaming service. In the end their campaign really highlighted that SVT's broadcasting license didn't actually cover Internet streaming. Another fun revelation was that RIKAB employed their own court that never ruled against them or even acknowledged arguments; they only existed to force people to go to court at least twice, and if you did win the case (in the second court) to show you had no TV, nothing stopped RIKAB from again deciding you did anyway the next day. I'm a little uncertain why they employed squealers to point out people as having TVs when they didn't have any burden of proof anyhow, but those were both incompetent and deceitful. We ended up with a reform where the public service is now paid for by plain taxation per individual. Not necessarily more fair, but less actively corrupt.
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