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It doesn't shift blame onto individuals, because: "Platforms and regulators should limit streaming resolution and default to SD, the authors urged." While I a
by ath92 6y ago
It doesn't shift blame onto individuals, because:
"Platforms and regulators should limit streaming resolution and default to SD, the authors urged."
While I agree it probably won't do much, you could argue that streaming high definition video just to listen to a song is a bit pointless (and with YouTube apparently being the world's largest music streaming service, this is pretty common)
- praseodym 6y agoThe annoying thing is that YouTube’s audio quality is linked to the selected video quality, so watching a music video in SD will often also result in inferior audio.
- ubercow13 6y agoAnd turning off the video when you are listening to a song was until more recently disallowed on mobile, and is now a paid option.