Netflix will soon allow users to control their own throttling

Netflix found itself in a bit of a pickle a few days ago when it was revealed that the company has been throttling the steams of mobile users for years. On one hand, throttling the streaming reduces mobile data use and makes it harder for people to hit their data caps, but on the other hand, people really hate being throttled against their will. Naturally, the solution was both obvious and easy to implement: just give people the option to decide whether their streams are throttled to save data or not. It’s a feature that should’ve been added ages ago, but Netflix only got around to announcing the feature on Thursday.