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

    (www.sportingnews.com)
    492 points storf45 | 11 comments | 16 Nov 24 03:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.215s | source | bottom
    1. nomilk ◴[16 Nov 24 04:32 UTC] No.42154263[source]▶
    It will never not annoy and amuse me that illegal options (presumably run by randoms in their spare time) are so much better than the offerings of big companies and their tech ‘talent’.
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    2. Bilal_io ◴[16 Nov 24 05:33 UTC] No.42154580[source]▶
    I have Netflix purchased legally with hard earned money. But because I had issues I looked for illegal streams, and they were bad, crashes, buffering.. you name it. So I went back to Netflix and watched it at 140p quality.
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    3. rk06 ◴[16 Nov 24 05:34 UTC] No.42154582[source]▶
    Illegal options would have lot less active users. So it is not a fair comparison
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    4. samschooler ◴[16 Nov 24 05:48 UTC] No.42154622[source]▶
    This twitter stream was the most reliable for me. Completely took Netflix out of the equation; just some dude at the event with his phone: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1mrxmMRmXpQxy
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    5. koolba ◴[16 Nov 24 05:57 UTC] No.42154673{3}[source]▶
    > just some dude at the event with his phone

    Antonio Brown is not “just some dude”. He’s a national treasure.

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    6. hughesjj ◴[16 Nov 24 06:02 UTC] No.42154699[source]▶
    Yup. Also a bit more latency since it's effectively restreaming unless it's someone at the actual event.
    7. bayarearefugee ◴[16 Nov 24 06:11 UTC] No.42154746{4}[source]▶
    Its a good thing he's rich and famous otherwise there might actually be consequences for him illegally broadcasting this.
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    8. boramalper ◴[16 Nov 24 06:15 UTC] No.42154765[source]▶
    Illegal options also have lot less resources (revenue, service providers who are willing host/facilitate illegal activities, and so on) so it’s a fair comparison in my opinion.
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    9. 0x0000000 ◴[16 Nov 24 16:19 UTC] No.42157135{3}[source]▶
    > service providers who are willing host/facilitate illegal activities

    At least for NFL pirate streams, it seems they tend to use "burner" tenants from Azure and AWS. Of course they get shut down, but how hard is it to spin up another one?

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    10. boramalper ◴[16 Nov 24 19:21 UTC] No.42158522{4}[source]▶
    They still have to put it behind a privacy-friendly proxy to hide their IP address from litigators right?
    11. pbhjpbhj ◴[17 Nov 24 10:44 UTC] No.42163331{5}[source]▶
    If he's rich then he's financially worth employing an IP lawyer to pursue for copyright infringement, if it was infringement. Maybe he was licensed?