The European Commission has been meeting for several days with the main video streaming services, such as Netflix, YouTube, Amazon (to name the most important) to study a way to do not crash the internet connection during the days of confinement that several countries are suffering.
The first to make a move was Netflix, which has reduced the resolution of all its content for the next 30 days, to reduce the use of the internet used by this platform by 25%. A day later, the video giant YouTube has joined, so it is a matter of hours that so does Amazon through Prime Video and Twitch.
The European Commission was afraid that the high traffic of streaming video services could reach affect users who have the opportunity to work from home, an understandable measure, but if we stop to think, I doubt very much that it affects many millions of people.
It is likely that the fear of the European Union was that in Europe we would temporarily run out of internet due to the high use we are making by users, especially streaming video services, although it is not the only form of entertainment that we can at our disposal if it is the simplest.
The European Commission seems to have a fixation on American companies and whenever it has the opportunity to open an investigation to punish them, it does so without any kind of consideration. Both Netflix and YouTube, like Amazon, are American companies. The first two have had no problem following the recommendations of the European Union, as is probably Amazon too.
We will see if once we pass this bad drink, the European Union returns to the charge against American companies or if it finally realizes that they are the only alternative available on the market (and I am not referring only to streaming services). Unfortunately in Europe, absolutely nothing is produced worldwide. But this topic goes a long way and this is not the right time and place.
This article is nonsense. Churras are mixed with merino. What does it have to do with the fact that American companies are the ones that offer the most content for entertainment that the EU cannot charge them for breaking the law?
American companies are being persecuted in the EU not for hobbies, but for things as serious as taking advantage of their dominant position to eliminate competition and to be able to have more power over users. Or for not paying taxes in countries where they have economic interests. Or for violating the privacy of users by revealing and selling their data. They may seem like trifles to you, but they are not.
Here American companies such as YouTube have not done the EU any favors by reducing the bandwidth they occupy, but have anticipated a possible preventive blockade by the EU and ISPs at a particular level that somehow would have to prioritize traffic due to the state of alarm in some countries such as Spain. If Netflix and YouTube monopolize all the bandwidth, the logical thing would be to prioritize essential services such as telemedicine, logistics, public services, etc.
If they face a prioritization they could not possibly control the bandwidth they can reach their users, but they have been smart enough to get ahead with this strategy and not stay with their ass in the air, but this does not mean that they are doing a favor or that they should be left alone with the things they have done and continue to do wrong. It is not a witch hunt against American companies.
And as an explanatory note, Europe "is not a country" (sic). It is a union of nations with common interests and less and less united at the organizational and unit level of criteria. And that thing about not producing anything, I don't know what you mean. What does not have streaming content companies like the American ones? It may be, but the world does not revolve around streaming. In any case, it is not an excuse to leave pending all open or pending cases against American companies just because they have slightly reduced the use of bandwidth in Europe, which I repeat, has not been out of good will, but in anticipation of a forced blockade for free up bandwidth in the event of an alarm condition.
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As I indicate at the end of the article, this topic goes a long way and not the right blog to do it.
I am not just referring to entertainment services, but also to software, operating systems, social networks, manufacturers of mobiles, televisions and household appliances in general ... and so I could go on.
If I have time to post an opinion piece on other of the blogs where I write, I'll let you know so we can discuss it.
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Nonsense? I just read in the comments, my congratulations to the one who wrote it, because the adjective is too short for me.
It seems to me the article of a real hick.
My recommendation, that as soon as the borders open, you get on a plane, and goodbye.