[Newshound47]

I think you're overestimating those groups if anything.

I mean, if they want to pay more for the TV licence to fund infrastructure that has become less relevant while the rest of us pay less and get on with life, they're welcome to keep it. I suspect "those who don't like change" would quickly embrace it though.

You don't need "internet knowledge" to use iPlayer for goodness sake.

You do. You need to know how to set it up and then use it.

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Ofcom are actively not allowing the BBC to go online only because they want to see the Freeview frequencies retained beyond 2030 which maybe going into 2040+ etc.

The current owners of Arqiva are allowing to do it either because they see it as a way as an energy efficient way to watch live broadcast TV. That is a valid point at the moment because if you use a streaming service to satisfy your needs as a TV viewer; there are a lot of studies online which say that watching TV online is very bad for the environment. i.e. It generates a lot of damaging carbon emissions which goes into the atmosphere.

King Charles III is also a major champion of preventing climate change alongside other members of the Royal family. I don't know how the Royal Family is going to be convinced that the BBC going online only throughout the UK is going to become a major win for one of the most famous broadcasters in the world.

There are currently over 17 million people who currently use Freeview on a daily basis in the UK. That to me sounds like it is going to be a huge task for the BBC to actually carry out a lot of training to those who are probably not the most well versed people in learning to how to use TV services via the Internet.

It will take a lot of switch over.  They are millions of people who have probably never used used Iplayer but watch the BBC regularly.

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Considering digital linear TV has a delay of about eight seconds as it is (on average) its already "not live" as it is.
All streaming will do is introduce a variable delay, due to congestion and other factors.

My point remains though, and if you're that fussed about watching it 100% live as it happens, you'd go to the event in question.

The BBC should be more than capable of reducing online streaming delay to be in line with, or even better than, current broadcast delays by that point in time.

I can see why it's not the case now - the BBC live streams are a lot more resilient than other broadcasters - but I don't think they need to be let off the hook in a streaming-only future for a 1 to 2 minute delay.

They don’t. And other broadcasters need to do so as well.