Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days

Re:Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days by avh02 on Friday March 20, 2020 @03:56AM (#22635845)

I think it's times like this where the government should just sigh and once this is over, come back to have a very stern conversation with ISPs.

Unfortunately internet is critical infrastructure, and kicking and screaming "this is bull" doesn't help alleviate traffic.

I'm in Europe, I'm kind of "wtf?" about this, but I get it. I'd rather have lower quality netflix than a broken internet where I can't work from home and have to figure out how I earn my paycheck.

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Re:Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days by pythonaut_16 on Friday March 20, 2020 @11:04AM (#22638068)

This position is flawed IMO.

We postpone the hard conversation to get through the crisis. Then after the crisis the hard conversation never happens.

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Re:Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days by avh02 on Sunday March 22, 2020 @09:40AM (#22654867)

i guess how I take things personally vs how an org takes it, but I don't think it would be productive to berate someone for mistakes made while they're trying to fix/respond to it. At that point what's done is done and all that matters is handling it.

It'd just add to the cognitive load and noise.

But you're right, people also forget to come back and be like "let's talk" - at the same time - given how relatively embarrassing this is for a government (and how economy-critical it is) I'm definite this conversation will be had.

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Re:Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days by azepoi on Friday March 20, 2020 @06:46AM (#22636524)

There will be a lot of very stern conversations when this is over...

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