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And just because Netflix uses servers (hardware) hosted through AWS doesn't mean that they don't have plenty of proprietary in house tech (software) that powers their service. An example of such would be Open Connect (https://openconnect.itp.netflix.com/) their CDN built on top of FreeBSD and Nginx (https://www.nginx.com/blog/why-netflix-chose-nginx-as-the-he...).
But beyond software, content licensing and content creation are also major distinguishing factors in the streaming video space.
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And just because Netflix uses servers (hardware) hosted through AWS doesn't mean that they don't have plenty of proprietary in house tech (software) that powers their service. An example of such would be Open Connect (https://openconnect.itp.netflix.com/) their CDN built on top of FreeBSD and Nginx (https://www.nginx.com/blog/why-netflix-chose-nginx-as-the-he...).
But beyond software, content licensing and content creation are also major distinguishing factors in the streaming video space.