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I think it's perhaps 1% preference and 99% realization of the reality. Up: "Hey YouTube, I'd like to watch this video." Down: Hundreds of MB of data from Y
by sokoloff 3y ago
I think it's perhaps 1% preference and 99% realization of the reality.
Up: "Hey YouTube, I'd like to watch this video."
Down: Hundreds of MB of data from YouTube
Up: "Hey <streaming TV>, I'd like to binge watch <XYZ>"
Down: Hundreds of MB of data from the streaming service
- smolder 3y agoAsymmetrical connections got more asymmetrical over time, limiting the utility of upload and shaping use of the internet (in most of the US) into more of a content portal or cable tv-like experience than it might otherwise be. I don't think it was purely an emergent phenomenon based on tech and consumer demand, but rather had a strategic element. I'll spare you all my tenuous reasoning, though, since I haven't got any real evidence that was the case.
- kjs3 3y agoPossibly because most users are using the Internet as a content portal, and that's all they want it for?
- TingPing 3y agoPlenty of consumer features could exist, like sharing actual high bitrate streams of your desktop or camera to others or syncing large amounts of data to servers for backup/sharing.
- kjs3 3y agoYou miss the point. Those features do exist, and technically savvy folks like us use them (and they work fine with my asymetric connect). But the vast majority of users want YouTube/TikTok/etc to stream without a glitch and couldn't care less about backups, and as far as "high bitrate streams", pretty sure most users are thinking "works good on my iPhone, is good enough".