In italy there is a company called rai that broadcasts multimedia content on television, since the time of my grandparents was imposed a tax on anyone who had a television (all the money from this tax goes to this company, even if you do not watch their channels), for decades no one has paid this tax and the state has never done anything against. a few years ago was imposed this tax in the electricity bill, in fact every August the electricity bill is much more expensive because we are obliged to pay this tax.
now they want to impose the same tax on anyone who has a smartphone, by the way their app works only with google play services and widevine