They do bully, but I assume you know you can opt-out?
Last straw for me was when I moved and forgot to pay it, had some guy knock on the door and filled out the form and then forgot to pay it again. My fault I know, but in my defence, I had a shitstorm of shit going on
Got fined and paid it then filled out the form to opt-out. Since then, I get a yearly email saying I need to opt-out again, to which I reply saying no I don't you need to prove I use it.
I'm a legit opter-outer, I dont use BBC for anything and just watch Netflix, Disney and Amazon Prime.
A friend of mine said you dont even need to let them in but when they wave that badge it looks kind of official but if I do get a knock, that's the stance im taking now. Too old and tired to take any more crap from the man, man