Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days

Re:Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days by TeMPOraL on Friday March 20, 2020 @03:44AM (#22635788)

This is not "other first world problem", it's an unprecedented situation in which a good chunk of the world's population needs to be kept at home for extended periods of time. Preserving morale is important for preserving social distancing, which is important for dealing with the pandemic.

Not to mention, everyone who isn't on Netflix now is probably videoconferencing. Which also elevates this problem to "important for preserving the economy" level.

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Re:Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days by Dylan16807 on Friday March 20, 2020 @03:55AM (#22635839)

You can do plenty of morale-preserving things on a slightly janky connection. And being worried about some visual stutter on your teleconference is solidly in the unimportant problem pile.

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Re:Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days by macleginn on Friday March 20, 2020 @04:19AM (#22635945)

Teleconferencing very quickly becomes unusable on a really congested line.

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Re:Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days by immigrantsheep on Friday March 20, 2020 @05:10AM (#22636139)

Specially in Germany where the quality of the internet connections is really bad.

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