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Discussion on: Why YouTube Never Runs Out of Storage? It's NOT just CLOUD!

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Ethan • Edited

Youtube's compression does loose some quality like you said. This video makes it visible to the human eye and talks about why they think this happens and how the lossless compression parts work. youtube.com/watch?v=JR4KHfqw-oE

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Ujjawal Tyagi

Thanks for sharing the video! It's a great explanation of how compression on YouTube happens. It does make sense on how YouTube manages its vast library of videos. Appreciate the insight!