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You do get a different experience watching the LF from just watching the main HL show. Not necessarily better, just different - its down to personal taste I suppose.
I agree that the HL show can be spoiled somewhat if you have already seen the action in the house previously on the LF. However, I think this is offset by the experience of seeing what is cut and having a little more background context to the events shown.
Personally, I would love to see the return of the LF as last year particularly there were many instances of things that weren't shown on the HL show that greatly changed my opinion of some HMs and events.
Having said that, I could still live without live feed if I must and will not stop watching just because it isn't available.
It's interesting that the issue of cost has been raised again. I'm not sure how much supplying a live feed would be, but I wouldn't have thought it restrictive (considering the alleged budget). I would've thought it is more to do with legal implications and risk, even though there is a 15 min delay there are still difficulties in this area and C5 may prefer to play it safe for the moment.
Going slightly OT for a moment, with reference to HD - is all the cost of this being met by C5? Could it not be that it is Endemol who have the responsibility to upgrade cameras and broadcasting equipment? Perhaps C5, having a HD channel to show it, specified a HD version of BB to be produced by endemol - this might even have been one of the sticking points of contract negotiations and may explain why they paid (what some people have suggested) slightly over the odds for 18 months of BB.

LF or not, I'll be watching. You never know, the new use of Facebook / Youtube might be a success and not the let-down that the online updates of BB10 was.