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Re:The Difference Between Downloading and Streaming by bigfatkitten on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @01:46AM (#44104213)
Netflix appears to download the entire title upfront. I’ve had outages go unnoticed until the end of the episode.
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Re:The Difference Between Downloading and Streaming by rahimnathwani on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @05:45AM (#44105392)
My Chromecast probably doesn't have enough storage to buffer an entire episode.
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