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Why Facebook and Instagram reduce their streaming Quality?

The Coronavirus fear is on top. Everyone is lockdown at their homes and there is nothing to do except sleeping, watching Television and surfing the Internet.



The Update

So, recent updates from Facebook Headquarters suggest that Facebook and Instagram are reducing their streaming Quality in India. So, why they are doing so? What's the reason behind this?


The Reason

As I told in the post excerpt above that everyone is lockdown at homes and there is nothing to do except sleeping, watching television, and surfing the Internet. To engage themselves people are watching Videos across various social media platforms. Facebook and Instagram are the biggest platforms to stream Videos.

But before lockdowns people also watch videos on Facebook and Instagram, so what is the reason that they reduce their Video quality during this pandemic?

The answer is intense traffic. According to a report, India witnesses a 40% increase in Internet traffic during quarantines. The average downloads increased by 66% per user per month and the average uploads rise at 37% user per month. This affected the average data speed to a larger extent and thus Facebook has had to take a hard decision to reduce their streaming quality so that user experience remains unaltered.


The End Notes

That's all in this post. Hope you guys understood the reason behind the reduce in streaming quality. Well, if you are enthusiast to share your knowledge, you can go to Research Forum and post in the specific category.

Cheers!

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