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Re:Ask HN: Video streaming is expensive yet YouTube "seems" ... by londons_explore on Sunday May 19, 2024 @06:33PM (#40410249)
There is also location location location.

Maybe Google holds your content in 7 data centers round the world (~1 per continent for planned maintenance + latency + reduced oceanic fiber usage).

But with old rarely streamed content they might cut that down to just 3.

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