It’s really not so bad that Netflix was doing this, but it is pretty unfortunate that they hid the fact from everyone. On the other hand, Netflix is trying to be a little more transparent by rolling out a data saving feature later this year that will let users toggle high quality streams on and off.
Note that this only affects Verizon and AT&T, not T-Mobile or Sprint. (Well, kind of. T-Mobile throttles you, anyway.) Netflix says this is because those carriers offer more consumer-friendly data options, which just means they offer unlimited data while Big Red and Ma Bell slap their customers with overage charges at exorbitant rates. However, Netflix didn’t account for the unlimited data users hanging onto old plans on Verizon and AT&T, and needless to say, that’s not going to make some people very happy.
And in case you were wondering, yes, John Legere jumped on Twitter to take shots at Verizon and AT&T over this. He still thinks 480p is an acceptable experience when watching movies on a 1080p screen, and I still think someone needs to let this man borrow their glasses and see a 1080p video stream, but at least he’s not going to let a controversy like this go down without making plenty of noise.
Have any of you noticed your Netflix streams have been a little fuzzy in the past few years?
source: Wall Street Journal
via: Cnet
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