Apple TV+ and YouTube are also reducing the quality of their videos in Europe

The pandemic ofcoronaviruswhich is currently raging in France is also hitting our Italian and Spanish neighbors hard. To remedy this, more and more medical services are being put to the test: hospitals, SAMU, doctors… So many staff who, without the internet, would not be able to work properly. However, since the start of confinement a few days ago, data has been increasingly requested by the civilian population.

Indeed, at home, employees who were not used to it are starting toteleworkdaily, while children who cannot go to school benefit fromtelevision channels become freeor write their homework on the computer.

Streaming helps in the fight against disease

AlongsideNetflix, also affected by this measure, the VOD platformApple TV+therefore complied with the recommendations of the European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton. This had asked the giants of online films and series to limit the image definition offered to their users, to relieve bandwidth on the continent.

If you log in to the app to watchThe Banker, you will therefore encounter a standard resolution that is well pixelated, reminiscent of the glory days of cathode ray screens. We do not know precisely how long this phenomenon will last, but it is a matter of weeks if we are to believe what is happening elsewhere. Among the competition, suchAmazon PrimeorYouTubefor example, the stream remains available in HD, but there is no longer 4K on the menu.

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