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

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492 points storf45 | 1 comments | 16 Nov 24 03:42 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ctvo ◴[16 Nov 24 18:37 UTC] No.42158173[source]▶
It’s insane the excuses being made here for Netflix’s apparently unique circumstances.

They failed. Full stop. There is no valid technical reason they couldn’t have had a smooth experience. There are numerous people with experience building these systems they could have hired and listened to. It isn’t a novel problem.

Here are the other companies that are peers that livestream just fine, ignoring traditional broadcasters:

- Google (YouTube live), millions of concurrent viewers

- Amazon (Thursday Night Football, Twitch), millions of concurrent viewers

- Apple (MLS)

NBC live streamed the Olympics in the US for tens of millions.

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1. mikeryan ◴[16 Nov 24 19:26 UTC] No.42158560[source]▶
The big difference of all the examples you’ve mentioned is dedicated full-time crews on the ground where the events are produced.

I’m pretty confident that when the post mortem is done the issues are going to be way closer to the broadcast truck than the user.