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Found this dusty antique from the days when video players would let you buffer. If only this were still a thing. (startrek.website)

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Why did this change? Was it a greed thing?

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[-] DreamySweet@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 9 months ago

I meant something like opening a two hour long podcast and only listening to 30-60 minutes before closing the tab or switching to a different video. With the old functionality and current internet speeds, it likely would have buffered the entire video in only a few minutes. It could have wasted multiple GB of bandwidth.

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