• kamen@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    It’s logical if you’re the user.

    Imagine how for every one user doing this deliberately there are nine who pause a video and forget it in the background, wasting bandwidth in the process.

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      4 months ago

      Is bandwith that expensive nowadays? I feel the argument is valid but was implemented when bandwidth was way more expensive.

      I mean, if I upgrade my home internet box to the 40€ tier I’ll have 10Gb symmetrical.

      Edit: there are a lot of google fanbois here lol

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        4 months ago

        It’s not about your bandwidth, it’s about YouTube’s bandwidth. You probably don’t care, but for them it adds up to a lot

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          4 months ago

          I just showed how inexpensive it has become.

          Do you think I think I’m youtube??