Getting vertical video before modern codecs (AV1∨HEVC), and the same bitrate limitations since it was justin.tv .

It's impressive how stagnant Twitch is, and how expensive it's purported to be.

I understand that the overwhelming majority of people will still continue streaming at 16:9, or the vertical equivalent. It's not just about ownership of ultrawide displays. It's about support for such output format, for people who do want it. But even going by your own example, a ton of phones are 19.5:9, with some models straight up being 21:9

Looks like this is an opt-in, supplemental crop mode, for streamers who have stuff that would work well for vertical orientations. Talking head stuff, live solo-artist music, etc.

The existing content experience is still there, but if you’re standing on the subway, and you’re watching a streamer react to a press release about a game, you can turn your phone and watch them babble in landscape while you hold the poll.

Mobile users are a cancer.

Are you really using Lemmy from a desktop? You sat in front of some high powered PC and THIS was the best thing you could find to do?

Sincerely,
Guy on a toilet

Typical mobile brain. You've really been pavlov'd into thinking you can only do a single thing at a time.

I'll just leave this video guide here to cure world of this cancer

I use Lemmy from my phone and desktop at the same time. That's how I appear to be everywhere at once.

I'll just leave this video guide here to cure world of this cancer

~~https://youtu.be/xL23Xvv1Pis~~

429 Too Many Requests

(yewtu.be)

Fixed that for you.

Yewtube Is a third party front end for YouTube using Invidious , more private, no ads and if you pair it with Freetube you can even skip in video advertisements/sponsors.

Oh, yeah, that makes sense. I kinda assumed they already supported it, like YouTube Shorts adopting the vertical format for shorts after Ticktock blew up.