It’s to relieve load on the server. Most people won’t watch the video even nearly to the end. No point sending them all that data.
With youtube’s compression a 4k video easily fits into some decent ram. Depending on length, of course. Though it’s still a waste of ram, and too much for potatoes.
It’s to relieve load on the server. Most people won’t watch the video even nearly to the end. No point sending them all that data.
With youtube’s compression a 4k video easily fits into some decent ram. Depending on length, of course. Though it’s still a waste of ram, and too much for potatoes.