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“Netflix Lighting” and the Death of Cinematography (www.youtube.com)
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[–] rhymeswithduck@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They make more money when you watch a big budget drama on your cracked iPhone

What? How? Just because the screen is smaller doesn't mean it would stream at a lower resolution.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

I don't know if this is still the case, but for a long time, Netflix literally did have lower bitrate defaults for the mobile apps vs TV apps.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 4 points 1 week ago

Simply that you're spending more time watching their content instead of something else makes them more money