Google, wanting to reduce bandwidth usage in Europe due to covid-19, will stop at YouTube the representativetreatment video in high definition.
According to Reuters, η Google ανακοίνωσε ότι το YouTube θα σταματήσει να προσφέρει στην Ευρώπη βίντεο υψηλής ευκρίνειας για όσο χρόνο κρατάει η πανδημία του covid-19 . Το περιοριστικό μέτρο έγκειται στην προσπάθεια της εταιρείας να μειώσει τη χρήση εύρους ζώνης και να αποφύγει την υπερφόρτιση του Internet on the old continent.
Europe is essentially now being hit by the covid-19 pandemic, and the majority of its countries have this week asked a large portion of workers to continue working from home.
Thus, internet usage has increased and some online products, including Microsoft software, are struggling to stay connected due to the large number of connections. and teleconferencing. Facebook also confirmed that WhatsApp was experiencing issues due to the increase in traffic, with the company doubling the number of servers to cover the messaging service.
The head of the European industry UnionMr. Thierry Breton requested a reduction in the quality of YouTube videos and correspondingly other streaming companies, in an effort to avoid internet outages. Google is one of the first companies to move forward with the requirement.
However at the time of writing this article YouTube is still showing videos with resolutions such as 2160p-HD, 1440p-HD, 1080p-HD and 720p-HD.
Netflix is expected to make a similar announcement of quality reduction.
