Just out of interest, what alternative would you propose for funding the BBC then? Personally I think a subscription model would make sense, but it's unclear to me how it could be enforced
I also don't believe that all BBC content is bad; I enjoy a good number of their documentaries, and I value the absence of awful advertisments that scream in your face.
Considering how hard it is to be impartial, they also seem to do a not-unreasonable job of that as well.
Being totally honest, I don't really have any care as to how the BBC should be funded if the license fee is ever, quite rightly, scrapped. As you say, a subscription model would seem to make sense. Surely some sort of BBC account could be generated upon activating a subscription and having this account would enable you to log in to the BBC services. If you don't have such an account then you don't have access.
In terms of their programming, in the last week I think I have watched one episode of Mrs Browns Boys (a repeat) out of everything that has been broadcast by the BBC because nothing else enticed me. Admittedly, I do have the BBC news app on my phone but that is just one of a few news apps I have (one of which is Sky News which is still accessible to all whether you are a Sky customer or not) and wouldn't be massively missed if I no longer had access to it.
All of the above matters very little though. The simple fact of the debate is that being charged by one organisation to enable access to offerings from other organisations is disgusting. Does this happen in any other walk of life? I certainly can't think of any other examples!
This is where you will be told that it's much more than a TV service, there's local radio and online services that nobody can possibly do without. I guarantee someone else will expand on that further for you shortly.
But does it justify having to pay for the TV license to watch hundreds of other channels as they are broadcast? Not on your nelly.
People defending this whole thing is probably more crazy than the actual license fee. Going back to my original example of Tesco, would any of these people who are happy to defend the license fee, be happy to pay Tesco a yearly fee which then allows them to shop at Asda or Morrisons (other supermarkets are available) or paying LNER a yearly fee so you can travel on trains operated by other operating companies?
As you say, there is literally no justification for the BBC to charge everyone a fee to be able to watch hundreds of non-BBC channels