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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)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/antiquememesroadshow@lemmy.world

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Why did this change? Was it a greed thing?

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[–] bela@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It's to relieve load on the server. Most people won't watch the video even nearly to the end. No point sending them all that data.

With youtube's compression a 4k video easily fits into some decent ram. Depending on length, of course. Though it's still a waste of ram, and too much for potatoes.