Netflix agrees to downgrade HD videos in Europe to ease bandwidth pressure
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As reported by CNN, Netflix has responded to pressure from users in European countries and agreed to reduce the video quality of its streaming content in order to “prevent the internet from breaking”—as CNN puts it. With so many people all over the world practicing social-distancing in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the use of streaming services like Netflix has increased so much that users and European Union officials were concerned that the increased bandwidth use would start to have adverse effects on other internet traffic.
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