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I would assume AWS allows Netflix to be lower cost, more agile, etc., allowing Netflix to deliver a better product for their customers and allowing them to focu
by ebrewste 10y ago
I would assume AWS allows Netflix to be lower cost, more agile, etc., allowing Netflix to deliver a better product for their customers and allowing them to focus on their core value (not servers). In addition, I doubt that Amazon Prime Video services go unfunded if Netflix wasn't an AWS customer. I don't think it's such a simple, two element zero sum concern.
- gshulegaard 10y agoI think you are correct. And just because Netflix uses servers (hardware) hosted through AWS doesn't mean that they don't have plenty of proprietary in house tech (software) that powers their service. An example of such would be Open Connect (https://openconnect.itp.netflix.com/ https://openconnect.itp.netflix.com/) their CDN built on top of FreeBSD and Nginx (https://www.nginx.com/blog/why-netflix-chose-nginx-as-the-heart-of-its-cdn/ https://www.nginx.com/blog/why-netflix-chose-nginx-as-the-he...). But beyond software, content licensing and content creation are also major distinguishing factors in the streaming video space.
- rebootthesystem 10y agoThe better product part is debatable. These days we typically spend half an hour or more browsing to find something good to watch. The quality of titles available is terrible.