Other pay tens of millions to CDN like Akamai. Not to mention that many streaming services are affiliated to ISP, whose specialty is to distribute content. Net

Other pay tens of millions to CDN like Akamai. Not to mention that many streaming services are affiliated to ISP, whose specialty is to distribute content. Netflix has to be a bit more efficient on the tech, because they have lower revenues and they don't own the pipes. Besides that, the war is about content rights, not distribution. Netflix can maintain an image to be the cool kid in town, unlike older companies that don't care about that.