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by Bluestein 1942 days ago
Great. More internet bandwidth wasted, for their profit. They should be penalized, taxed, burdened, or forced to build "Netflix-like" own infrastructure ...

... in direct proportion to the delta in bandwidth between their "lossless" codec and state-of-the art compression with comparable sound quality.-

4 comments

It’s still nothing compared to any video. They’re already paying for bandwidth… what exactly is your gripe?
I would guess this guy is still on a 1200 baud modem.
No way! I am happy to have upgraded to 14000 ... about a month ago :)
I haven't seen someone who advocates for anti net neutrality in such a seemingly genuine way.

Those poor ISPs having to upgrade their services to support their user's needs.

Had not thought of it that way.

I am just overly concerned about internet congestion ...

... but, as somebody upthread rightly points out, it's all video anyway.

(Porn, I posit ...)

Wasted?

Defining meaningful then. Majority of the bandwidth is spent on entertainment I would assume.

Wasted: The extra bandwith above and beyond what psychoacoustically would sound near perfect anyway, with much less bandwith used ...

(No sane person would object to anything on the basis of it being entertainment ...)

I can’t tell if this is a joke or not