That really depends on the service. For on-demand services like Netflix or YouTube your argument is a fair one. But for live services it matters a lot more - pa

That really depends on the service. For on-demand services like Netflix or YouTube your argument is a fair one. But for live services it matters a lot more - particularly in broadcasting. Even more so if your clients are watching the same feed and using that to determine when to inject ads (eg in a live sporting event). Then it quickly becomes very important to keep latency as low as possible.