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WebSockets cost us $1M on our AWS bill

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362 points tosh | 1 comments | 06 Nov 24 18:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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pier25 ◴[06 Nov 24 21:08 UTC] No.42069421[source]▶
Why were they using websockets to send video in the first place?

Was it because they didn't want to use some multicast video server?

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IamLoading ◴[06 Nov 24 23:18 UTC] No.42071074[source]▶
My surprise too, whats the issue of webRTC again?
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1. remram ◴[07 Nov 24 19:52 UTC] No.42080222[source]▶
Since their overhead is memcpy, I don't see how WebRTC would help.