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Because without signing in, you‘ll be unable to play programmes or choose to benefit from the personalised features that BBC iPlayer offers. You won’t have to sign in every time you visit BBC iPlayer as you should stay signed in for two years on each web browser or app. Sign in isn’t required to watch children’s content through your web browser.
>s you should stay signed in for two years
lol wut
They do that so that valid session tokens are easier to steal.