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Re:Twitch nabs exclusive streaming deal with Blizzard for e-... by mtgx on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @08:49PM (#14599780)
I wonder if that's because YouTube uses adaptive streaming, so it may continue to show you "1080p" content, but with slightly fewer bits of data to accommodate the decline in internet speed.
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Re:Twitch nabs exclusive streaming deal with Blizzard for e-... by aoeusnth1 on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @10:19PM (#14600190)
How does that work? Different compression levels?
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