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Instagram (and Meta) Throttle Video Quality as Views Go Down

An anonymous reader shared this report from the Verge: Ever wondered why some of your Instagram videos tend to look blurry, while others are crisp and sharp? It's because, on Instagram, the quality of your video apparently depends on how many views it's getting. Here's part of Mosseri's explanat...

An anonymous reader shared this report from the Verge: Ever wondered why some of your Instagram videos tend to look blurry, while others are crisp and sharp? The shift in quality "isn't huge," Mosseri said in response to another Threads user, who'd asked if that approach disadvantaged smaller creators. "We bias to higher quality (more CPU intensive encoding and more expensive storage for bigger files) for creators who drive more views.

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