YouTube also responded positively to the European Commission's request to reduce the quality of the video clips seen by its visitors, so it is starting to implement this measure in Europe, for now only for some of the materials on the platform.
YouTube will force the playback of video clips in SD quality, 720p, for all those who want to see them on its platform, and in the case of some the measure is applied and the resolution at which the video clip can be seen cannot be changed, at least from what I have seen so far.
YouTube has not yet made this change for all videos on its platform, the vast majority of which can still be viewed in 4K resolution, so we are talking about a measure that will be gradually applied to all videos starting today.
YouTube is also going to contribute to decongesting the internet networks in Europe, those from Netflix estimating that forcing the playback of movies and series in SD format would release 25% of the current traffic networks, and in the case of YouTube it could be about something similar.
"We are committed to temporarily switching EU traffic to standard definition by default."
YouTube he spoke very little about what this change means, but it matters more that it is imposed on everyone, and it is good to know what is happening because everyone is affected by it.
