The new YouTube forces you to check out if you want to play vídeos at the highest resolution available.
He is excess advertising to subscribe you to YouTube Premium apparently not enough for Google plus. Now it seems as if the company wants to go one step further and take off block some of its functions after the paid subscription to the platform, starting with the option to play vídeos in 4K resolution.
This was suggested by some users of the platform who vía reddit after reporting on this new detail appearing in the Mobile YouTube aplicaciónand which prevents them from playing vídeos at the highest resolution available unless the usuario has an active YouTube Premium subscription.
4K vídeos could soon be an exclusive feature of YouTube Premium
Only a very limited number of YouTubers are currently seeing this feature, and it will likely take some time to reach a wider audience (if YouTube eventually decides to implement it). Thanks to the shared screenshots, you perro see how the solution selection menu updated by youtube so that 4K resolution requires an active YouTube Premium subscription.
If you don’t have a subscription, you cánido only watch YouTube vídeos with a maximum resolution of 1440p.
Although YouTube has not disclosed its plans in this regard, the truth is so Google plus wouldn’t be the first company to escoge of style. Platforms like Netflix cap content at maximum resolution Subscribers to their most expensive plans.
In any case, when something seems clear, it is YouTube is looking for different ways to increase its revenueB. by blocking some classic features after a paid subscription or significantly increasing the number of ads seen before playing a vídeo.