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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by hamandcheese on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @08:08PM (#35895418)
I don't disagree that YouTube has a much longer (and fatter) tail, but that doesn't mean they can't benefit from edge caching.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by crop_rotation on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @08:11PM (#35895444)
They can benefit for sure, my point is that serving a YouTube type catalog is just far more expensive.
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Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers by acdha on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @08:22PM (#35895543)
There's undoubtably more data being served but I'd be very curious how the edge caching efficiencies differ given how many people watch the same things (recommended by the algorithm) and since YouTube's content is so much shorter on average that larger catalog is somewhat balanced by any given cache node being able to hold more videos.
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