Implementing digital sobriety requires questioning the pertinence our uses of digital technologies, one of which is online video whose use we focus on here. Online video is mostly used for movies and series (34%), porn (27%, tubes (21%).
It seems like drm schemes cause a lot of the bloat. Everything being locked behind subscription fees with no option to permanently download means you have to download every viewing. And then most of the time the file is cut up into pieces and bounced around different servers to slow down pirates.
It seems like drm schemes cause a lot of the bloat. Everything being locked behind subscription fees with no option to permanently download means you have to download every viewing. And then most of the time the file is cut up into pieces and bounced around different servers to slow down pirates.