I had the same question. I could only find info from 2013, but it seems like the content protocol for Netflix ("DASH") is heavily synchronous [1] where "the cli

I had the same question. I could only find info from 2013, but it seems like the content protocol for Netflix ("DASH") is heavily synchronous [1] where "the client requests one chunk [of video] at a time via HTTP." Really small video chunks == more responsive controls (e.g. rewind) but chatty control band. [1]: https://technifyme.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/netflix-uncovered/ https://technifyme.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/netflix-uncovere...