We have checked which streaming video content providers (and other services) will reduce the quality of the service.
During home quarantines, everyone has to adapt as much as possible to the boredom that comes from spending the whole day in the house. Of course we did most turned to the Internet, which is why internet service providers benefit increased traffic. When there is too much traffic, this can paralyzes the operation of a service, but in extreme cases it comes even until the servers go down. Due to the increased demand, some online content providers have decided to relieve their servers and establish themselves broadcasting content in lower quality.
Portal YouTube for example, he decided reduce the default video resolution on 480 p. If the footage is viewed on a smaller screen such as a smartphone, the difference will be almost imperceptible. Of course, the ability to watch HD content will not be completely removed, but it will have to be set manually at the start of each recording.
A similar approach was taken by some streaming video providers, such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+ and Disney+ (we don't have the latter in Slovenia anyway). Netflix and company are supposed to be just that reduced the data flow of video content by around 25 percent. Even Sony's PlayStation predicts changes as many people download games from their servers at this time. The latter is expected shortly slowed down the download speed games to the console.
It is also interesting to note that all providers have decided to implement these measures (currently) only in Europe. The measure will last until the end of April, but everything can be extended. But he is not closing his data tap for now PornHub, which recently generously offered its premium content to all of us who have been locked up by this crisis.
