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Re:Ask HN: Video streaming is expensive yet YouTube "seems" ... by callalex on Monday May 20, 2024 @03:35AM (#40413187)
That can be taken out by a particularly unfortunate shovel or truck though, and isn’t sufficient to run a business on.
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Re:Ask HN: Video streaming is expensive yet YouTube "seems" ... by Jyaif on Monday May 20, 2024 @10:16AM (#40415706)
For 800k I would have 20000 different connections. This would allow me to survive many unfortunate shovels per month.
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