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Found this dusty antique from the days when video players would let you buffer. If only this were still a thing. (startrek.website)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Why did this change? Was it a greed thing?

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

HTML5 made video a first class citizen of your browser and buffering is handled automatically now 🙂

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/Audio_and_video_delivery/buffering_seeking_time_ranges

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh! I just assumed they were trying to save $ on all those looong "___ 10 hr version" videos or something.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago

It's both. Buffering the whole video was a waste of bandwidth and the changes for HTML5 means they could get away with lowering the buffering limit without destroying everyone's viewing experience.