Why does Youtube keep degrading quality on my iPhone?

I keep trying to watch videos on YouTube and it keeps degrading my quality so much you can't recognize anything. Is there anyway to prevent this from happening?

Added (1). Are you sure? I can't find it anywhere. I'm using the newer version of YouTube on my iPhone 5

There should be a setting (looks like a cog) that allows you to change the resolution quality. Deselect auto and select the resolution quality you want.

Youtube does this because it places priority over loading the video than it does playing the video in high definition. There's also a setting for high latency users to never load videos in HD.

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