Sometime this year, YouTube seems to have rolled out a feature that will play a screensaver in the YouTube app on your TV. This prevents the TV from showing its own screensaver and turning off (sleep). This wastes power, bandwidth, and money. I’m also worried that this will reduce the lifespan of my TV, and it also feels like an invasive ad meant to keep you on YouTube. I’ve found many people asking the same question but no solution. I’m asking here because there’s at least a chance that Googler will see this and have an explanation as to why this was implemented.
> This wastes power,<p>negligble, 50-100W...<p>> bandwidth,<p>neglible. Streaming videos on youtube uses more bandwidth<p>> money<p>Again, neglible. If you keep YouTube screensaver on for 3 hours/day you're looking at $1-2/month<p>and money.