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Netflix Throttling Instant Video Streaming
rsk writes "For the last few weeks I've been experiencing terrible streaming video performance from Netflix on both my Xbox 360 and PC. While my Xbox 360 would at least stream at a lower resolution, my PC cannot seem to avoid 2-hr. buffering times before playback even started. I smelled shenanigans and started digging. With some help finding the debug menu for the streaming video player, I set out to figure out why playback was so slow. It seems that Netflix is significantly throttling Watch Instantly users (on the PC) down to an unusable cap — in my case, 48 kbps — on a per-connection basis."
Slashdot is nothing more than a rumor mill. Why so surprised? This is the home of anti-corporate conspiracy theories. It makes people feel good to believe that the man is out to get them and only 'non-sheeple' like themselves can see the truth.
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It's poetry with a beat behind it! And guns! They're like beatniks with automatic weapons.
This post was just a troll. Netflix is not throttling anything. Great job!
Some people like to have a high horse to ride in on so as to make them appear better in line with their "outspoken enthusiast" ideologies.
Sometimes it is a Prius, sometimes it is a certain wardrobe or vinyl collection. In your case it appears to be Netflix's streaming service.
Simply because you found it to be a good plank in your soap box platform doesn't change the fact that the original post was spot on with regards to folks rationalization regarding their reasons for pirating content.
The fact that there is a nonzero number of users for Netflix's streaming service proves that's not true.
All that proves is that some people don't value their money as much as others or rather maybe they feel that the righteous entitlement that they are purchasing by remaining within the legal boundaries is worth the money.