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The unsustainable use of online video (theshiftproject.org)
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[–] GenkiFeral@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Great topic. I am unwilling to give up everything (especially when most others are willing to give up nothing), but have wondered how listening to music using a YT extension or on my phone - maybe with a Bluetooth speaker attached- would change power usage. Then, I wondered if the speaker would wear out faster than my PC speakers and that would be bad for the environment, too. Thanks to covid, many of us have become reclusive and the only entertainment we have is from technology. I rarely leave the house or even my room anymore. Even the library is a bit harder to access these days -even after shutdowns ended. You change this in order to save that and then something else gets screwed up that you failed to consider. People have said that people who live far from their jobs are "bad" because they waste so much gas commuting, but maybe they use less internet or technology and may even grow some of their own food or collect rainwater and dry clothes on a clothes line and open their windows on fair-weather days. My point might be 'unintended consequences'.

[–] uthredii@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago

but maybe they use less internet or technology and may even grow some of their own food or collect rainwater and dry clothes on a clothes line and open their windows on fair-weather days. My point might be ‘unintended consequences’.

Using streaming services is negligible compred to driving or even using communal transport such as a bus or train. Also IIRC city dwellers use less energy.

[–] poVoq@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Use youtube-dl to download the music... the main problem is that downloading it over and over again and having the server-infrastructure to do so (so called streaming) is really energy and server-hardware intensive.

[–] Helix@feddit.de 1 points 3 years ago

Well, if you build a network ziggurat with your neighbors and have edge servers caching the content (e.g. with Invidious), you can probably reduce power usage.

[–] GenkiFeral@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

I just did before reading your comment and it is easier than I expected. Last week, I found out the other app I use to download had shut down.

[–] Helix@feddit.de 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I wondered if the speaker would wear out faster than my PC speakers and that would be bad for the environment

You could use wired headphones.

[–] GenkiFeral@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

those don't wear out faster than other things- you know, those soft ear muffs usually deteriorate rapidly - faster than a speaker, I'd guess. It is good to care, but I think we skip details too often and miss the point. The man who mentioned not eating meat made the best point so far. No one is brave enough to say 'eat less and maintain a normal weight (consume less of everything)" , so I guess I will.