Restriction of BBC Radio HLS/DASH to authorised third parties

[malkit]

I’ve just become aware of this situation today having come on the forum to look for an explanation as to why all my streams (VLC on iphone at work and minimstreamer on Melco at home) stopped working this week and as dedicated BBC radio listener and license fee payer I’m furious.
Since when has it been the job of the BBC to dictate to licence fee payer’s how and on what equipment they can access content my understanding was that the ethos was that BBC output was made to be universally available for the benefit of the UK population now they are increasingly acting like some kind of greedy silicone valley streaming service, log ins accounts and now these further restrictions. The BBC is not a for profit business and shouldn’t be run as one as it increasingly is.
There own mission statement begins “to act in the public interest, serving all audiences” surely placing restrictions such as these on accessing their output is in direct contradiction of this statement?
I’ve always been a staunch supporter of the BBC especially in this last decade when they seem to have been under continuous attack by the ever changing iterations of the UK government but they are making it increasingly difficult.
Perhaps this is the intent?