Interesting discussion, thanks, but not very optimistic for the time being.
Forgive me if this has been answered in a way I didn’t understand, but does this affect podcasts and does it affect radio and TV by satellite? The only 2 things that affect me personally.
Yes, after a quick scan that was my impression too.
It wont affect satellite transmissions David. The BBC says you will be able to download most pod casts.
It also says "BBC Sounds is a UK licence fee funded service. To offer better value for our UK listeners, BBC Sounds will be repositioned and made available exclusively to UK audiences. " although it doesn’t explain how it will offer better value.
Perhaps we need lessons in BBC speak.
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Thank you, so I can breath, and listen, and watch, easily then. 
It cannot do that as you receive the same satellite signal in France as you would in the UK, albeit weaker as you go further off-beam.
No information can be relayed back to the satellite i.e. your location cannot be gleaned.
Thank you too.
I’m afraid, for me, the Archers has reached a new nadir. Moving pancake-eating competitions to accommodate the religious sensibilities of some spotty teenager. What next.
Yes, again I agree, they do seem to lurch from one hardly believable thread to another but I keep listening as there are some good stories and if I stop, what will I miss? 
Mind you, having started listening at my grandma’s knee in 1951 and having missed great chunks when at boarding school, Merchant Navy and generally wandering about the world, I suppose I could always pick it up again.
But could I? 
Bring back Mrs. Dale’s diary.
I bet she is still worried about Jim
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I had no idea how “diverse” it had become. But there was always a paternalistic, pedagogical element to it.
"Whilst preparing the meal at Ambridge Hall for breaking their fast, Azra disapproves of Zainab applying to work at The Bull, a pub. Lynda admits how tricky she’s found the fasting, but Azra appreciates the effort Lynda is making to share their experience. Azra then queries Zainab taking part in the Tearoom’s pancake eating competition on Tuesday. An eating competition is not really in the spirit of Ramadan, even if it doesn’t start until after sunset. Zainab talks Azra round, claiming she’s doing it to help their neighbours, who have put themselves out to accommodate her . Besides, Azra is over-catering with this meal, so what’s the difference?
"On a walk with Monty, after nipping into The Bull, Lynda tells Khalil how sorely tempted she was by Fallon’s brownies. Khalil extols mind over matter, before they compare and contrast Lent with Ramadan, coming to the conclusion that they are both testing in their different ways.
“Later, as they prepare to break their fast, the Maliks explain the meaning of the Arabic prayers they recite, when the doorbell rings. It’s Akram, Azra’s husband, who has finally come home. Zainab and Khalil are thrilled at the lovely surprise, while Azra admits she kept his return secret so as not to spoil it for them. Akram gives Lynda some traditional presents from Adil for her and Robert. Azra then takes Akram to see the house on Beechwood, but they can’t stay long because of the smell. It will take ages before they can move back in, but at least they do have another option.”
From “an everyday story of country folk” to “a contemporary drama in a rural setting”.
Next they’ll be dropping it because no-one listens any more 
Have you tried going into settings then"split tunneling" and adding Android Auto to the exclusions list?
By keeping those freeloading riff-raff out of course.
It doesn’t make any logical sense in that the freeloading riff-raff don’t, in any way, reduce BBC revenue but it seems to be the fashion to be as exclusive as possible.
Android Auto is a bit of a strange beast, I’ve had no endof problems with my and my wife’s phone and random issues with things not working or not connecting properly.
What I *would* say is that if you are on a UK SIM your internet connection will appear to originate in the Uk anyway so you don’t need a VPN.
Why a VPN would stop AA I don’t know. Perhaps Google throws a wobbly if your GPS says you are in France and your IP says you are in the UK.
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I don’t think anyone does apart from David & myself.
If I was a UK licence payer, I would be feeling a bit pissed off. The BBC are enhancing my user experience by spending a shed load of money changing the system so that I can no longer listen to the BBC when I go abroad on holiday.
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Apparently you will be able to use BBC Sounds if you are normally resident in the UK but away on a holiday. The BBC has not yet made a pronouncement about how long one’s holiday can be.
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Do you think the BBC would regard 20 years as a bit excessive? 
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I wonder how they are going to achieve that.
If connecting via a UK SIM (phone, phone as hot spot ot personal hot spot with a UK SIM) it will “just work”.
But what about devices connected to a hotel Wi Fi - which is likely to geolocate outside the UK.
Maybe it will be as simple as “if you registered your account with a UK IP address and are logged in, it will work”.
I have no idea - I’m just reporting what they say!
But one possibility could be to link BBC Sounds to the phone’s GPS. Once the GPS declared that the device is outside the UK it could trigger a (say 14-day) timer to control an on/off flag for the app.