DreamySweet@lemmy.sdf.orgtoAntique Memes Roadshow@lemmy.world•Found this dusty antique from the days when video players would let you buffer. If only this were still a thing.
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1 year agoFor longer videos, a lot of people will stop watching before the video ends. A lot of bandwidth is wasted by buffering the entire video when the user is only going to watch 50% of it. To save bandwidth, sites like YouTube only buffer a tiny bit at a time.
What if we’re all thegassypigman?