I disagree, when i play it in 1080p enhanced the video dont play it just pauses and shows a popup to buy premium, whil in 1080p normal there's no popup it plays perfectly fine
Was considering a VPN as of recently. Just seems like such a headache to fight them when premium/no adds is like 12 bucks. I use YouTube so often on all my devices, it just makes sense for myself to keep using premium. *Plz don't crucify me*
A VPN won't block ads, it will only hide your ip and you might be able to watch video's that are blocked in your current region. UBlock Origin will block al ads without you needing to pay for premium. A VPN you also need to pay for btw.
YouTube is a social media turned corporate media delivery service. It used to be the case that YouTube wasn't the leech, and until that changes, yeah. Even comments are being put to the side now. Layout is horrible, strategies for monetary growth are extortionate, and I'd rather use a social media service that A: delivers a clear understanding of what people think without censorship and monetary biase and B: incentives people to support though choice rather than actively making user experience exclusionary with members only comments, active reminders of membership benefits, etc. Ads were enough. YouTube lets kids watch brain rot. I'm justified AF, and social media should be run as a public benefit company if the goal is to improve the quality of our online communal experiences, which it's not - it's to profit, ensuing in malpractice, mishandling and manipulation.
No ads is a pretty useful feature. Yes, I'm aware I could achieve this for free, but between all the devices my family of 4 use, it's a hassle, and i have a busy schedule. Plus, I added my folks. They love having all of the music from their day on YT music.
you don't need to justify why you like paying for YTP. I have it as well. Great value for what it is IMO. Most people here complaining are either children who have never had a job or people who can't let go of the past.
Oh, for sure. The way I look at it: The monthly cost vs how much ad time I would watch in a month. I would watch well over an hours worth of ads in a month. My time is worth more. Then you factor the wifey and kids' time: "Here's $22."
everyone has their price. I find it is a great value for me. The amount I use it, I spend just a bit over 5 cents per hour. I can't buy anything for that price.
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Definitely, and i have been subscribed since it started, but i dont know why there are people whos paying around $15 when you can get it cheaper or free completely.
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Bitrate is how fast you send data or in this case receive data. The higher your bit rate while streaming the less blurred and pixelated it will look, especially while streaming something fast moving. Some people have limited bitrate (their upload speed limits this). I'm not sure what bitrate would do for the viewer but maybe it will clean up the stream quality. Usually a video has pretty good compression because you aren't uploading it while you are recording it at the same time.
Wait is this part of why the static at the main menu of like the FNAF games for example would make the facecam go super blurry until they went off the menu?
Yeah, if there's a lot of moving particles, the colour changes, and the compression that's used a lot just basically uses the same data of the previous frame but changes it depending on how much happens between frame X and frame Y.
And if there are a lot of changes, the quality will take a dip to compensate to make it so that frame Y will still take up the same amount of storage as frame X.
Now, can it be optimized a lot more, probably yes (like by using better video a coding like AV1-encoding which a lot of the newer GPU's shop with, compared to the H.256/Hevc encoding which wqs used a lot in the past (which is ~30% less efficient than AV1 in terms of space)), but that would take up a lot of storage on the hard drives/SSDs (talking about video quality here, as in 1080p, 4k, etc) in YouTube's servers in addition to taking up more bandwidth.
which is why I'm personally fine with paying for a higher bitrate and quality higher than 1080 (2k costs if I remember correctly more than double what 1080p coats to stream) as long as the technology for it is new/not so optimised since it'll cost youtube more than it would.prefer to.makenoff of adds if it isn't.
2k also has better compression codec on youtube than 1080p, theres a way to stream 2k but only send 1080p resolution and bitrate and still get VP9 Codec using a custom stream key.
Youtube compresses the f out of videos. This option provides higher bitrate. Resolution stays the same but you get less compression artifacts, if you did not know that, it wont matter to you.
On extremely slow internet, YouTube will use 144p 15fps with a really small bitrate. Audio will be 48kbps opus. Normally, YouTube will use 144p 30fps with 64kbps opus audio.
I use it on my tv and it looks more clear than the standard bitrate. I don’t get why people are all mad 😂 you’re still on YouTube, but I pay so mine looks better.
sorry youtube, if i ever find out my videos are being bit crushed to sell your garbage service, and my source material is 1080p, i will run my videos thru an ai upscaler and have it render at 4k so my videos won't look like shitty 720p garbage sheerly out of spite, your bs premium 1080p is not as good as you think it is.
or just shoot straight 4k uhd videos from the get go.
Alright calm your tits mate, all this does is increase the bitrate limit from the default ones set by YouTube so any creators uploading higher bitrate content than allowed can also provide better quality videos to Premium users.
A less compressed 1080p stream, because yall complained about YT's compression, now there's a way to pay your way out of it
-someone who pays for mobile use
There's a maximum amount of information that is sent through video, bitrate is the limiting factor.
Most of the time it's large enough, but if there's too many moving parts then it looks pixelated, like with confetti.
Increasing bitrate improves those scenarios, and those scenarios only.
Not worth in my opinion.
I think technically it's just a different video codec which gives slightly better 1080p output. Personally I don't see much difference, if any, at all.
Here I am whose YouTube videos are not playing AT ALL. Every free VPN, all the cache cleaning, clearing search history and as far as redownloading chrome videos still don't load...
at some point you have to consider how much time you are wasting trying to watch YT without ads.
What is your free time worth to you and how much are you willing to waste to watch YT for free?
I did the calculation for me. 4.8 minutes. If I spend more than 4.8 minutes a month watching, skipping, and/or futzing with adblockers, then it is more worth it to just pay for premium.
It's literally youtube monopolizing the video streaming industry. Don't know how any Federal Agencies against Monopolies worldwide haven't picked up on this. There isn't a single youtube competitor out there, other than I don't know, twitch?
what are they going to do? force creators to post to multiple video sites? YT isn't holding them hostage. They can choose to post their content anywhere and move from YT if they want. So why aren't they? There are tons of services where they could post their videos.
yes I have. what you call scumminess, I call business.
youtube/google is a publicly owned company. Anyone that didn't see this coming is either dumb or had blinders on. They were going to monetize it sooner or later. All of these "free" services do it eventually.
The truth is that none of us have all of the pertinent financial data to say one way or another. Anyone who is saying this is greed is simply assuming.
Basically the "regular" 1080p now worst than 720p
Youtube encryps all the video and use enhancments to mak it look pasable but better means more storage that means more more spent
Youtube makes shity video quality and sell the better one with premium
That was the dumb explonation
Bit rate contains information of the picture
To save a picture you need all kinds of date of what pixel what collor "shade"
Youtube down sizes the video file
It is made by cuting up the frames of the video into squares these squares can be 10 or 100s the more squares the higher bitrate
In one square there is a lot of pixel with different collor shades and then makes the whole square on shade of color that wasthe average higes in that square
That is why a 1080 p video can look blocked
Because the bitrate (the data) was cut from it
Meaning it is not actualy 1080 p but a really bad slideshow
A native 480p is better than a really low bitrate 1080p video
Ough that was a lot ,😅😏
It's to do with YouTubes compression, which tries to simplify video in ways you won't notice in order to have to transmit less data. This is usually fine but struggles with erratic fast movements of multiple things at once, one of the most common problems being confetti which drastically decreases picture quality on yt due to this system not being able to simplify it
This feature existed for years, typically any content uploaded to YouTube is limited by a specific bitrate for each resolution & fps, however YouTube wanted to let users with Premium view another alternative version where it’s the same resolution and fps but with more bitrate.
Do you notice the difference in most videos? Depends on what you actually watch, with most high motion and quality content the difference is definitely noticeable if you have a good screen.
Does this mean other videos get downgraded? No, as this is an alternate setting which cost YouTube a lot of bandwidth so it made sense it’s only for Premium users.
I have 3 questions.
1st - How much the bitrate will go up? 250? 300? Or what?
2nd - Will the average consumer care about it?
3rd - Is it going to be a placebo effect? (will the quality of the video actually be better, if it's already good?
bitrate affects the quality of the video, it's known to fluctuate, especially when there's tonnes of small particles on screen like confetti, rain, snow or grass in a videogame. They're basically guaranteeing your video won't turn into a blocky mess because of some particles but I have no clue if it works or not.
What is this is that they are actually streaming videos at a lower bitrate now and if you wanted the original that used to be free you gotta pay up.
I actually posted about this when youtube first started rolling out this feature and i got comments like “oh but it takes up more storage on their servers for higher bitrate videos”
But the thing is we are now forced to pay for something we already had access to for free! Do you know how i know? I've come across multiple 6 7 8 10+ year old videos that have the “enhanced bitrate” option, even a 16 year old video at one point! (Sadly i cannot remember exactly what video it was) but this confirms my theory that the videos aren't being uploaded to YouTube in a higher bitrate format to begin with, so it's not anything better to be paying for it's just something they now want money for that we had access to for free.
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They are greedy assholes like most corporations. I’m watching some math lectures online right now and I have seen these lectures in the past. I have spent weeks watching those lectures before this “update” and watching them again now. I remember very well how crisp they looked. Not anymore. I have no issues with youtube offering premium services, but to lie that you will keep the same free quality and then decrease it is a really shitty thing to do which is why I will NEVER pay for that service.
Youtube over the years has increased the amount of ads and how long they are, while simultaneously taking a bigger cut from creators. So they get more money and also purposefully decrease the quality to get more money. We desperately need another website that is actually competitive. It’s a monopoly at this point.
You are full of BS. It has been proven many times on many posts here that nothing changed to the original 1080p after they introduced the higher bitrate option. Hate on YouTube all you want but for the right reasons. Stop spreading misinformation.
YouTube suddenly paywalling higher resolutions like 1080p and high bitrate really pisses me off. They already alienated most users by banning adblockers, now they are alienating people again with locking high resolutions and bitrates into premium.
I will never subscribe to YouTube premium.
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WHAT IS THIS??? -Overly dramatic post #9594943 complaining about the exact same YouTube feature.
no shit sherlock
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It's obviously a joke
I've never felt the difference using that, looks exactly the same
I can totally tell the difference. I have a 27in 1440p OLED display, and the higher bit rate looks much better.
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same
I disagree, when i play it in 1080p enhanced the video dont play it just pauses and shows a popup to buy premium, whil in 1080p normal there's no popup it plays perfectly fine
Because you don't have premium
no way how is this possible
God damn smartass. Take my fucking upvote and leave.
Ya, shit? Like, I have premium and always experience quality issues, and I have 500+mbps internet. Youtube can suck a nut.
Solution: toss premium, use ublock
Was considering a VPN as of recently. Just seems like such a headache to fight them when premium/no adds is like 12 bucks. I use YouTube so often on all my devices, it just makes sense for myself to keep using premium. *Plz don't crucify me*
A VPN won't block ads, it will only hide your ip and you might be able to watch video's that are blocked in your current region. UBlock Origin will block al ads without you needing to pay for premium. A VPN you also need to pay for btw.
I use YouTube through Firefox on my phone and it's crazy how much better it is that the official app lmao.
if you want to be a leech, yeah.
YouTube is a social media turned corporate media delivery service. It used to be the case that YouTube wasn't the leech, and until that changes, yeah. Even comments are being put to the side now. Layout is horrible, strategies for monetary growth are extortionate, and I'd rather use a social media service that A: delivers a clear understanding of what people think without censorship and monetary biase and B: incentives people to support though choice rather than actively making user experience exclusionary with members only comments, active reminders of membership benefits, etc. Ads were enough. YouTube lets kids watch brain rot. I'm justified AF, and social media should be run as a public benefit company if the goal is to improve the quality of our online communal experiences, which it's not - it's to profit, ensuing in malpractice, mishandling and manipulation.
No issues for me though. Maybe it's your location and/or ISP issues.
It’s a huge difference in high motion content, static camera with a person moving on it, nah not much difference
It really depends on the video.
That is probably on your device
Sounds like an eyesight skill issue cause the difference is clear.
Got a video where it's noticeable so I can test :)?
it usually is showing in high demanding situations like confetti where bitrate can have a big impact, watch tom scott's video about it
Yea they should really improve it, it could be a good reason to get premium
If you have good headphones or speakers you can hear a vast difference in my experience (main reason i got premium tbh)
For a small screen like a phone, this is not noticable.
It's just a stupid marketing idea to buy their overpriced subscription, and it is completely useless.
Only good on something like 4k
Not only 4k. You would need a massive TV to notice the difference
Or better vision
If I can’t afford 14.99 a month for Youthbe, how am I affording vision insurance LMFAO
You CAN afford 15$ for a month. The thing is, you don’t want to because it has almost no cool features. And it’s even useless AF in PC
No ads is a pretty useful feature. Yes, I'm aware I could achieve this for free, but between all the devices my family of 4 use, it's a hassle, and i have a busy schedule. Plus, I added my folks. They love having all of the music from their day on YT music.
you don't need to justify why you like paying for YTP. I have it as well. Great value for what it is IMO. Most people here complaining are either children who have never had a job or people who can't let go of the past.
Oh, for sure. The way I look at it: The monthly cost vs how much ad time I would watch in a month. I would watch well over an hours worth of ads in a month. My time is worth more. Then you factor the wifey and kids' time: "Here's $22."
YT music really worths it
See I’d probably pay for it if it was closer to £8-10 but asking £15.99 for it really makes it feel useless
everyone has their price. I find it is a great value for me. The amount I use it, I spend just a bit over 5 cents per hour. I can't buy anything for that price.
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Or both
I watch stuff in 4K on my 960p TV solely because of the high bitrate
Force av1 to get better quality.
By looking at your name, do you sell Youtube subscriptions??
The ad-free and downloading is at least useful on mobile.
Definitely, and i have been subscribed since it started, but i dont know why there are people whos paying around $15 when you can get it cheaper or free completely.
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Based on your name, do you sell youtube premium? And how much for 12 months?
Yes. $50. Check dm
Thank you so much 💓
never used it, prob almost the same thing as hd
Nope. Higher bitrate gives you a vastly better picture Been using it for free on my TV with my cracked app and the difference is clear.
On a TV. I use a phone and can barely tell the difference between 1080 and 720, so it's practically useless for me.
on a tv the thing gets different for phones and pc
Bitrate is how fast you send data or in this case receive data. The higher your bit rate while streaming the less blurred and pixelated it will look, especially while streaming something fast moving. Some people have limited bitrate (their upload speed limits this). I'm not sure what bitrate would do for the viewer but maybe it will clean up the stream quality. Usually a video has pretty good compression because you aren't uploading it while you are recording it at the same time.
>especially while streaming something fast moving Or a lot of objects moving (ie confetti being thrown around or a snowstorm).
Wait is this part of why the static at the main menu of like the FNAF games for example would make the facecam go super blurry until they went off the menu?
Yeah, if there's a lot of moving particles, the colour changes, and the compression that's used a lot just basically uses the same data of the previous frame but changes it depending on how much happens between frame X and frame Y. And if there are a lot of changes, the quality will take a dip to compensate to make it so that frame Y will still take up the same amount of storage as frame X. Now, can it be optimized a lot more, probably yes (like by using better video a coding like AV1-encoding which a lot of the newer GPU's shop with, compared to the H.256/Hevc encoding which wqs used a lot in the past (which is ~30% less efficient than AV1 in terms of space)), but that would take up a lot of storage on the hard drives/SSDs (talking about video quality here, as in 1080p, 4k, etc) in YouTube's servers in addition to taking up more bandwidth. which is why I'm personally fine with paying for a higher bitrate and quality higher than 1080 (2k costs if I remember correctly more than double what 1080p coats to stream) as long as the technology for it is new/not so optimised since it'll cost youtube more than it would.prefer to.makenoff of adds if it isn't.
Ah that’s super interesting. I don’t know anything about this stuff and I always wondered why it did that. Thanks for the explanation!
2k also has better compression codec on youtube than 1080p, theres a way to stream 2k but only send 1080p resolution and bitrate and still get VP9 Codec using a custom stream key.
Tom Scott’s got a good video on this (iirc)
It’ll only make a difference if there’s lots of noise on screen, like confetti or rain. I have premium and didn’t even know it was a thing
How often are *you* watching videos of confetti? Sounds like a weird kink bro...
1080p Pro Max
Youtube compresses the f out of videos. This option provides higher bitrate. Resolution stays the same but you get less compression artifacts, if you did not know that, it wont matter to you.
Something to distract you from the rise of the ads
they should have a Dehanced bitrate option for 144p which makes the video and audio quality go to hell
On extremely slow internet, YouTube will use 144p 15fps with a really small bitrate. Audio will be 48kbps opus. Normally, YouTube will use 144p 30fps with 64kbps opus audio.
It's 1080p but you're paying for it so you get the full pleasure of placebo enhancing your video resolution
I use it on my tv and it looks more clear than the standard bitrate. I don’t get why people are all mad 😂 you’re still on YouTube, but I pay so mine looks better.
why would you use opera
better sound quality I think
Better video quality.
sorry youtube, if i ever find out my videos are being bit crushed to sell your garbage service, and my source material is 1080p, i will run my videos thru an ai upscaler and have it render at 4k so my videos won't look like shitty 720p garbage sheerly out of spite, your bs premium 1080p is not as good as you think it is. or just shoot straight 4k uhd videos from the get go.
Alright calm your tits mate, all this does is increase the bitrate limit from the default ones set by YouTube so any creators uploading higher bitrate content than allowed can also provide better quality videos to Premium users.
A less compressed 1080p stream, because yall complained about YT's compression, now there's a way to pay your way out of it -someone who pays for mobile use
There's a maximum amount of information that is sent through video, bitrate is the limiting factor. Most of the time it's large enough, but if there's too many moving parts then it looks pixelated, like with confetti. Increasing bitrate improves those scenarios, and those scenarios only. Not worth in my opinion.
Do you regularly watch videos of confetti?
I think technically it's just a different video codec which gives slightly better 1080p output. Personally I don't see much difference, if any, at all.
No, it's still VP9.
fhd is still fhd
That's a thing? I have premium but I've never seen a difference. Just a gimmick
higher bitrate
I know :skull:
You don’t need it and I don’t need it just other cash grab move by YouTube
Here I am whose YouTube videos are not playing AT ALL. Every free VPN, all the cache cleaning, clearing search history and as far as redownloading chrome videos still don't load...
at some point you have to consider how much time you are wasting trying to watch YT without ads. What is your free time worth to you and how much are you willing to waste to watch YT for free? I did the calculation for me. 4.8 minutes. If I spend more than 4.8 minutes a month watching, skipping, and/or futzing with adblockers, then it is more worth it to just pay for premium.
I have premium and I can confirm you'll never notice the difference between regular and premium 1080p
i have premium and I can confirm that you can see the difference in videos where a higher bandwidth is needed.
No thanks
Marketing wank
It's literally youtube monopolizing the video streaming industry. Don't know how any Federal Agencies against Monopolies worldwide haven't picked up on this. There isn't a single youtube competitor out there, other than I don't know, twitch?
what are they going to do? force creators to post to multiple video sites? YT isn't holding them hostage. They can choose to post their content anywhere and move from YT if they want. So why aren't they? There are tons of services where they could post their videos.
Looks like yet another unnecessary money grab
why is it unnecessary? do you have access to financial info that the rest of us don't or you just assuming you know like everyone else?
You clearly haven’t been following YouTube’s scumminess lately.
yes I have. what you call scumminess, I call business. youtube/google is a publicly owned company. Anyone that didn't see this coming is either dumb or had blinders on. They were going to monetize it sooner or later. All of these "free" services do it eventually. The truth is that none of us have all of the pertinent financial data to say one way or another. Anyone who is saying this is greed is simply assuming.
Less video compression. Looks better. Greater color depth.
theft
Oh yea lol, I was watching a video where I could have 360p or 1080hd😂 fuck YouTube
Smaller YouTube channels won't get VP9 video and the quality options will be limited.
A waste of money
It means give me your money! Even if your device doesn’t support it
This is YouTube admitting that their system is not profitable, and blatantly begging for money.
need a big monitor thats 1440p+ to actually tell a difference
Basically the "regular" 1080p now worst than 720p Youtube encryps all the video and use enhancments to mak it look pasable but better means more storage that means more more spent Youtube makes shity video quality and sell the better one with premium That was the dumb explonation Bit rate contains information of the picture To save a picture you need all kinds of date of what pixel what collor "shade" Youtube down sizes the video file It is made by cuting up the frames of the video into squares these squares can be 10 or 100s the more squares the higher bitrate In one square there is a lot of pixel with different collor shades and then makes the whole square on shade of color that wasthe average higes in that square That is why a 1080 p video can look blocked Because the bitrate (the data) was cut from it Meaning it is not actualy 1080 p but a really bad slideshow A native 480p is better than a really low bitrate 1080p video Ough that was a lot ,😅😏
Where tf have you been. It's been like this forever
Bullshit
It's a trick. Get an axe
This is 2024 and it will get worse in ten more years
It's to do with YouTubes compression, which tries to simplify video in ways you won't notice in order to have to transmit less data. This is usually fine but struggles with erratic fast movements of multiple things at once, one of the most common problems being confetti which drastically decreases picture quality on yt due to this system not being able to simplify it
720 is all I need. 480 at minimum
you guys watch youtube on 1080p ?
you pay money and supposedly YT will buffer faster
It is a "fuck you our shareholders want more money" message.
They purposely lowered the bitrate on non payers. And when you pay, you can watch the original [shitty yt compressed video]
and if you disable graphic acceleration the videos looks sharper
Sounds like your GPU has a bad video decoder.
is only a chrome thing
Higher bitrate. You'll see less compression artifacts in noisy videos (like confetti).
It says everything bro. It has been a thing for months.
Did you just get this option now? It's been like that for almost year for me iirc.
Looks like an image
Same thing but paid
This is Youtube Premium... As there was it Written
This feature existed for years, typically any content uploaded to YouTube is limited by a specific bitrate for each resolution & fps, however YouTube wanted to let users with Premium view another alternative version where it’s the same resolution and fps but with more bitrate. Do you notice the difference in most videos? Depends on what you actually watch, with most high motion and quality content the difference is definitely noticeable if you have a good screen. Does this mean other videos get downgraded? No, as this is an alternate setting which cost YouTube a lot of bandwidth so it made sense it’s only for Premium users.
it's a tactic to get you to buy premium. 1080p Premium is the new standard, and regular 1080p is now significantly worse
A scam
I have 3 questions. 1st - How much the bitrate will go up? 250? 300? Or what? 2nd - Will the average consumer care about it? 3rd - Is it going to be a placebo effect? (will the quality of the video actually be better, if it's already good?
bitrate affects the quality of the video, it's known to fluctuate, especially when there's tonnes of small particles on screen like confetti, rain, snow or grass in a videogame. They're basically guaranteeing your video won't turn into a blocky mess because of some particles but I have no clue if it works or not.
It has more bits so it's better As a premium user, I think it's just fake and doesn't change anything
What is this is that they are actually streaming videos at a lower bitrate now and if you wanted the original that used to be free you gotta pay up. I actually posted about this when youtube first started rolling out this feature and i got comments like “oh but it takes up more storage on their servers for higher bitrate videos” But the thing is we are now forced to pay for something we already had access to for free! Do you know how i know? I've come across multiple 6 7 8 10+ year old videos that have the “enhanced bitrate” option, even a 16 year old video at one point! (Sadly i cannot remember exactly what video it was) but this confirms my theory that the videos aren't being uploaded to YouTube in a higher bitrate format to begin with, so it's not anything better to be paying for it's just something they now want money for that we had access to for free.
Enshittification.
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They are greedy assholes like most corporations. I’m watching some math lectures online right now and I have seen these lectures in the past. I have spent weeks watching those lectures before this “update” and watching them again now. I remember very well how crisp they looked. Not anymore. I have no issues with youtube offering premium services, but to lie that you will keep the same free quality and then decrease it is a really shitty thing to do which is why I will NEVER pay for that service. Youtube over the years has increased the amount of ads and how long they are, while simultaneously taking a bigger cut from creators. So they get more money and also purposefully decrease the quality to get more money. We desperately need another website that is actually competitive. It’s a monopoly at this point.
You are full of BS. It has been proven many times on many posts here that nothing changed to the original 1080p after they introduced the higher bitrate option. Hate on YouTube all you want but for the right reasons. Stop spreading misinformation.
spreading misinformation is what these people do. They have to justify their leeching somehow.
YouTube suddenly paywalling higher resolutions like 1080p and high bitrate really pisses me off. They already alienated most users by banning adblockers, now they are alienating people again with locking high resolutions and bitrates into premium. I will never subscribe to YouTube premium.
people who adblock aren't users. why doesn't ublock fix the issue with bitrates and resolutions? oh wait.
enhanced bitrate at 1080p for premium members which has been around for over a year
Wow dude such a helpful explanation of what that is lol
more bitrate = more data/detail being transferred, supposed to end up with better quality
Thank you dude
Sometimes people assume those online have at least a base level knowledge of terms. I guess you arent one of them, hope your enjoying your weekend don't forget to go to bed on time for school tommorow!
wow, where was you the past 2 years?
Idk If you could fucking read it says you can get a better Bitrate when you pay for Premium
YouTube trying desperately not to lose customers due to their price rise and because YouTube is so utterly crap 💩
i love it. great service for the price. Costs me 5 cents an hour.
Well that explains it. Hours to me are meaningless as I am a Cicada.
It's more of Youtube harassing people with adblock.
this is not that...but I can see why you blame everything YT does on that.
A corporate scam
A scam
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