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Netflix buffering issues: Boxing fans complain about Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson

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freditup ◴[16 Nov 24 03:57 UTC] No.42154036[source]▶
I wonder if there will be any long term reputational repercussions for Netflix because of this. Amongst SWEs, Netflix is known for hiring the best people and their streaming service normally seems very solid. Other streaming services have definitely caught up a bit and are much more reliable then in the early days, but my impression still has always been that Netflix is a step above the rest technically.

This sure doesn't help with that impression, and it hasn't just been a momentary glitch but hours of instability. And the Netflix status page saying "Netflix is up! We are not currently experiencing an interruption to our streaming service." doesn't help either...

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ocdtrekkie ◴[16 Nov 24 04:03 UTC] No.42154059[source]▶
So the issue is that Netflix gets its performance from colocating caches of movies in ISP datacenters, and a live broadcast doesn't work with that. It's not just about the sheer numbers of viewers, it's that a live model totally undermines their entire infrastructure advantage.

See: https://openconnect.netflix.com/en/

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stingraycharles ◴[16 Nov 24 04:08 UTC] No.42154076[source]▶
Correct, this is not Netflix’ regular cup of tea, and it’s a very different problem to solve. They can probably use their edge caches, but it’s challenging.
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nicce ◴[16 Nov 24 04:17 UTC] No.42154146[source]▶
How YouTube does this? Netflix is like drop in the ocean when compared to.
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1. Bilal_io ◴[16 Nov 24 04:24 UTC] No.42154194[source]▶
Not sure how Netflix does it. But this is not very time sensitive, and I would have delayed the stream by 15 to 30 seconds to cache it and then deliver to everyone.