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[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (37 children)

Just download the video then.

Youtube stop doing this because people would pause a Multi-Hour long video (such as a music video) download the entire thing, only to then only watch 15 minutes of it because that's the bit they wanted. Massive waste of bandwidth

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (4 children)

What do you mean “waste of bandwidth”? We’re paying for that through government subsidies and selling our personal data. Are you seriously defending a corporation that made $250 billion last year in ad revenue alone?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is a weird point. Like yes, Google is a government subsidized monopoly. But to keep this feature is a massive waste of resources.

Like from a tech perspective, this should not be done. Like fuck Google can be a thing and will have no impact on that

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People hate corporations so much that they forget some times they do make smart choices. That bandwidth doesn't just exist from nothing, it's electricity being moved around. The environmental impact, even as infinitesimal as it may be, isn't worth the convenience imo

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The hypocrisy of this when they're chugging power for AI....

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