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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by edmccard on Monday September 25, 2017 @11:01PM (#15335817)
"We lose money on every sale, but we make it up in volume!"
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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by tambienben on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @12:59AM (#15336301)
If were talking about new monitisation schemes, can we not entertain the thought of using newer technologies better suited to streaming at scale? I'm thinking of IPFS in particular, but there are probably other solutions as well.
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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by jdavis703 on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @02:14AM (#15336596)
Such as WebRTC.
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