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I use Boost for Lemmy (paid for, so no ads etc.). It’s what I used for Reddit, so the transition was super easy, but there’s lots of FOSS Lemmy clients on F-Droid that are good too.

It’s not a government body, so it can’t be official. The closest it gets is unofficial mouthpiece for the British Establishment™.

The BBC isn’t a government body and isn’t funded by taxes, it’s primarily funded by the license fee (and selling broadcasting rights overseas).

The internet has royally fucked the funding model - as everyone and their mum has equipment capable of receiving live broadcast tv, but unless it becomes an official government mouthpiece it’s unlikely to become something we pay for out of taxes.