News inside jeuxvideo.com She wants to ration the Internet, which terrifies gamers… fortunately, there is retro gaming! – LaPetitePelle draws JeuxVideos.com – No. 518
If the screen time debate continues to generate a lot of ink, a former minister may have the worst solution. LPP takes out its pencil!
In an article published last Sunday in Le Figaro, the former Minister of Education, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, calls for ration the Internet. According to her, reduce our consumption to 3 gigabytes, per week and per person, would make online harassment disappear, develop our cognitive abilities and save the planet. So much information that has not escaped LaPetitePelle.
It’s not the number that counts…
If studies claim that the average time of French people in front of screens is 4.6 hours, this corresponds on average to 15 years over the course of a lifetime. If we know the negative effects of the latter on the youngest, those suffered by the oldest are a source of debate. In any case, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem thinks she has the perfect solution: rationing. If the darkest memories of our history resurface, just by hearing this word, the former Minister of Education assures that she does not want “launch yet another complaint with retrograde overtones”. “Do we need that much Internet?” she asks herself, seeming far from really realizing what 3 GB represents.
…but still a little
According to estimates, 3 GB would correspond to approximately 36 hours of Internet browsing, or approximately 5 hours per day. Although this result may seem reasonable, we are talking about 5 hours of simple navigation: exit YouTube or streaming platforms. According to Netflix, an HD video would consume 3 GB per hour and 7 GB Ultra HD (4K). Suffice to say that watching the current series would quickly become complicated. As for the music, let’s go again. Indeed, such a limit would represent, according to Deezer, listening to 85 tracks per daywhich may seem like a lot to some, but too little to others.
As for video games on the other hand… It’s a cold shower. No more online games! We can console ourselves by saying that single-player games still exist, but some require an internet connection to be launched, while others require so many resources to install that you would be out of package before reaching a third of the download. Najat Vallaud-Belkacem’s proposal is just an idea in the air, but who knows, maybe it will come to fruition one day. So in anticipation, keep your retro games close to you!