Re:YouTube to limit default video quality around the world f...
by NoodleIncident on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @10:51PM
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Your phone might be saving you some battery; there is a sensor to detect when your face is close to the phone, turning off the screen and disabling touch. Not sure if it actually works when it's in your pocket though. There's a serious "light in the refrigerator" problem, where trying to measure it changes the outcome
Re:YouTube to limit default video quality around the world f...
by Dylan16807 on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @12:20AM
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It's really easy to see if that sensor is active. It's not fridge light at all, it triggers at a distance and you could test against your shirt to see if the light shines through.
I've never seen it be active outside of a phone call.
Many times I've listened to a YouTube video or stream without watching it by just starting the video and then pocketing my phone and being careful not to touch it. I hear the audio and continue my shopping or cleaning or whatever while battery and bandwidth is wasted displaying the video to the debris inside my pocket.
I can only assume Google has run the numbers and decided it's actually more profitable for them to make something so silly and wasteful on both sides of the connection necessary, but that's what it is.