• @[email protected]
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    261 year ago

    Even with high speed internet it seems to always default to 480p.

    It’ll update to 720p or 1080p a few minutes in sometimes. But in general it’s just a large inconvenience.

    • Jannis
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      231 year ago

      Low quality saves cost for YouTube and YouTube thinks that you won’t notice the difference between 480p and 1080p on your phone. They don’t fuck with your quality on desktops because they know you’ll notice that

      • @Vlyn
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        51 year ago

        But they do.

        For example on desktop if you skip through a video while it’s set to auto (1080p) at some point it will fall down to 480p. Maybe because YouTube thinks your connection has an issue, or maybe they just want to save bandwidth. If you manually set it to 1080p it stays there.

        The whole thing is annoying.

        • wander1236
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          51 year ago

          The player prioritizes smooth playback over quality. If you’re skipping through, you’re bypassing any buffer it’s built up, so it’ll drop the quality in order to be able to actually start playing sooner.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        Pretty sure YouTube messes with it on desktops as well. Might default higher, but I had to use that advanced YouTube add on to force it to 1440p (or next highest) because it would constantly make me select it.

        • Jannis
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          21 year ago

          Interesting, YouTube autoselects 4K for me if available.

      • @[email protected]
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        1 year ago

        Difference is definitely noticeable on modern phones. But the biggest issue is it will do this on desktop and tablets as well, where you will really notice the difference.

        And like you said, YouTube 480p mode doesn’t have 60fps. That’s noticeable regardless of screen size.