YouTube mad at T-Mobile for throttling video traffic
http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/12/youtube-criticizes-t-mobile-for-downgrading-video-quality/
T-Mobile USA's recently instituted practice of
downgrading video quality to 480p in order to reduce data usage
now has a prominent critic: YouTube. "Reducing data charges
can be good for users, but it doesn't justify throttling all
video services, especially without explicit user consent," a
YouTube spokesperson said, according to a Wall Street Journal
article today.
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Since third parties are directly affected, T-Mobile should have made
this an opt-in program for their subscribers, not opt-out.
--Lauren--
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