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Ask HN: Why don't streaming sites like Netflix use internal torrents?
Their bandwidth is a noticeable fraction of all internet traffic. It seems they could drastically lower their bandwidth costs. This would allow either lower subscription costs (or make a gap for competition).
- janandonly 8y agoI think Spotify when iT stated as a New company under the hood worked with Torrent likely to save on bandwith. Maybe Netflix doesn't becuase a lot of customers have deplorable slow connections as it is, and uploading next to downloading makes the experience worse...