Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days

Psycho Sonny · 19 Mar 2020 at 20:01

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-51968302

complete BS. I pay them the same money for 25% less quality. welcome to the future

Hellsmk2 · 19 Mar 2020 at 20:03

You're really angry about this? OK.

Efour · 19 Mar 2020 at 20:04

Then cancel and resub on normal quality..

PapaLazaru · 19 Mar 2020 at 20:06

You do realise why they are doing this don't you?

.Lethal · 19 Mar 2020 at 20:07

Waaaaaaaaaaaaa I don’t wanna know why their doing it just give me what I pay for

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

10/10 great thread

n30_mkii · 19 Mar 2020 at 20:12

You really need to think about the bigger picture here, this isn't a time for selfishness

Hades · 19 Mar 2020 at 20:12

n30_mkii said:
You really need to think about the bigger picture here, this isn't a time for selfishness

He is thinking about the bigger picture. And it's blocky!

Kenai · 19 Mar 2020 at 20:13

Hellsmk2 said:
You're really angry about this? OK.

Have you not read a Psycho Sonny post before?

He may well have been permanently angry since 2006

Beans on toast Dave · 19 Mar 2020 at 20:13

good move by netflix, if it makes a difference to the bigger picture all streaming site should follow suit

Craterloads · 19 Mar 2020 at 20:15

Pretty pathetic to be worked up about this given the EU pressed Netflix over this given our current situation.

n30_mkii · 19 Mar 2020 at 20:20

Hades said:
He is thinking about the bigger picture. And it's blocky!

As i wrote it, I could see that one coming. The pun was fully intended :-)

Firestar_3x · 19 Mar 2020 at 20:24

Craterloads said:
Pretty pathetic to be worked up about this given the EU pressed Netflix over this given our current situation.

Given the OP, no shocker.

Freakbro · 19 Mar 2020 at 20:26

Psycho you often seem to swim against the tide of general opinion and I assume you actually take some sort of validation in that, reaffirming your belief in your own opinion, but sometimes it is an indication that some self reflection is required

Monkeynut · 19 Mar 2020 at 20:28

Need to further roll out that AV1 codec goodness.

robfosters · 19 Mar 2020 at 20:30

I doubt you’d even notice the difference from normal viewing distances

413x · 19 Mar 2020 at 20:33

How can you be angry at this??

I was thinking they should do this yesterday

Raymond Lin · 19 Mar 2020 at 20:33

Wait a month, they will cut quality in the northern hemisphere by 40% when America goes into lockdown.

james.miller · 19 Mar 2020 at 20:36

Good god man do you have any idea what sort of strain their servers and the rest of the internet is gonna be under with pretty much all their subscribers self isolating at the same time? I'll be glad if it's just working

Dis86 · 19 Mar 2020 at 20:44

PapaLazaru said:
You do realise why they are doing this don't you?

So that they can provide a lesser quality of service to more customers without investing in more hardware and thus maintain a higher profit margin?
As opposed to investing money in hardware to provide the same quality of service to more customers.

UberTiger · 19 Mar 2020 at 20:46

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-51968302

Now. ****. Is. Getting. Serious.

I had a feeling this would happen.

If I'm confined to home how am I supposed to survive if I don't have the maximum quality bit rate of content flowing through my irises into my veins?!

I'll happily return my poorly substituted Ocado avocado bulk buy to get some 4k pixel images into my brain.

God, this virus is ruining everything!