A report indicates that YouTube will play all videos worldwide in standard definition by default for a month.
As of March 24, Alphabet's Google-owned company YouTube programmed all video content to play in standard definition unless otherwise manually selected by a user. According to Bloomberg, which reported the news, this is being done in an effort to "ease Internet traffic during the coronavirus outbreak".
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