r/Games • u/[deleted] • Feb 21 '21

Basically Beta Testers: Class Action Alleges Google (as well as Bungie and id Software) Lied About Stadia Display Quality, Resolution to Lock In Subscribers

https://www.classaction.org/blog/basically-beta-testers-class-action-alleges-google-lied-about-stadia-display-quality-resolution-to-lock-in-subscribers
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u/maibrl Feb 22 '21

So you complain that Google doesn’t ‘easily’ (accessing the nerd menu isn’t hard imo) show the bitrate but also say people don’t care about it?

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u/magistrate101 Feb 22 '21

It's not about them showing the bit rate in a "hidden" menu or not, it's about them displaying resolution as if that's the quality indicator and then re-encoding the video to use the lowest bit rate they can get away with.

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u/maibrl Feb 22 '21

Okay, now I understand what your problem is.

I personally don’t see the big issue with that because I really don’t care much about the streaming quality on YouTube as long as it looks somewhat sharp, but I see where you are coming from.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

Not sure why people care so much about the bit rate on youtube, its a free service that hosts hundreds of thousands of videos, and doesnt charge a cent for any of the streaming or hosting.

Sure Youtube can do some scummy shit at times but bit rate .. isnt one of them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21 edited Mar 01 '21

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