Coronavirus: YouTube follows Netflix and cuts Europe streaming quality - Business Insider

YouTube and Amazon both said Friday they would reduce the quality of their streams in Europe to deal with the influx of internet traffic amid the coronavirus outbreak.after requests to do so by the European Union's industry chief to prevent traffic overload.

Both video services said Friday they had agreed to switch their streams default to a lower standard-definition quality by default,. The move follows a request by European Union commissioner Thierry Breton that streaming platforms reduce their traffic in order to accomodate the increase of internet use worldwise.

Now's a good time to fix their servers

Thank you 🙏

I can almost guarantee they’ll reduce the subscription price to match aswell like all good corporations do

I still remember dial up. 😁

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