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Re:Why HTTPS for Everything? by jlgaddis on Monday January 02, 2017 @02:56PM (#13303890)
Yep, Netflix even switched to 100% HTTPS for video streams (and the sky didn't fall) [0].

[0]: http://techblog.netflix.com/2016/08/protecting-netflix-viewi...

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Re:Why HTTPS for Everything? by umanwizard on Monday January 02, 2017 @07:03PM (#13305554)
Netflix has performance needs that are not representative of every site in the world. For example, first-byte latency probably doesn't matter much for them.
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