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> Interestingly, my ISP gave me a breakdown of my data usage, and I was under a meager 30gb/mo ever since my contact started. That surprised me as I watch a fai
by mcny 7y ago
> Interestingly, my ISP gave me a breakdown of my data usage, and I was under a meager 30gb/mo ever since my contact started. That surprised me as I watch a fair bit of YouTube etc, however, I guess it just doesn't add up to all that much.
My hypothesis (could be wrong, very anecdotal, no evidence):
1. YouTube does some pretty heavy compression to begin with (as several popular YouTubers have complained over the years)
2. YouTube in its default settings switches to the lower resolution when it detects you are not actively watching the video
I think this one two punch means that you sip on data even when you think you use YouTube a lot.
- frosted-flakes 7y ago> when it detects you are not actively watching the video How? By its very nature, watching video is passive. Unless they watch you through the camera. It actually infuriates me when YouTube auto-lowers the resolution (usually because I have slow Internet). I almost always set it to 720p or 1080p, but I have to do it every time because it doesn't remember my setting.