INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
In light of the unprecedented number of people that are now either working from home or self-isolated in other ways due to Covid-19,
companies responsible for various major online services have had to adapt to the increased demand.Netflix has already acted by reducing the
bitrate of its streaming content, and now Google, Sony and Microsoft have joined in by limiting the impact that their YouTube, PlayStation
YouTube video platform default to the 480p picture quality setting globally, just a few days after it enacted the change in Europe
This means that anyone accessing a YouTube video going forward will have it automatically set to the standard definition setting (480p), but
the highest available resolution every time they watch a video, the rationale is that many videos (such as those viewed on smartphones, for
distributors of software, including both Microsoft and Sony, to see if they can help manage internet congestion during peak
the coming days and weeks.
