is streaming really that much worse on that? there's centralized servers that cost a lot but millions are using the same one, as opposed to millions of players and media that had to be manufactured and shipped. like i don't have any data either way i can just see difficultly in calculating and coming to a discrete answer.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean, it doesn't have to be worse to be bad. I've seen multiple studies that put streaming as having less of a carbon footprint than physical media, but then we use it more because it's so plentiful. I see it as the difference between ice cars vs electric. Capitalism isn't gonna let us find the efficient, eco-friendly alternative to cars or anything else because they're keeping us captive in their framework of discourse.

[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

at least improvements in efficiency when they are allowed to happen are easier to implement in centralized systems

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

Not if it costs money to implement those improvements.

US telecom infrastructure:

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