Serving large number of requests is not an unsolved problem which only China has monopoly on. You just spin up more servers in the cloud as you get more and mor

Serving large number of requests is not an unsolved problem which only China has monopoly on. You just spin up more servers in the cloud as you get more and more users. Cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud and technologies like Kubernetes, Docker etc has made the job way too easy. Anyway, India's hotstar holds the world record of maximum number of consecutive users watching a live stream. https://gadgets.ndtv.com/entertainment/news/hotstar-world-record-25-3-million-viewers-icc-cricket-world-cup-2019-india-new-zealand-semi-final-ma-2069996 https://gadgets.ndtv.com/entertainment/news/hotstar-world-re... https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/12/hotstar-disneys-indian-streaming-service-sets-new-global-record-for-live-viewership/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/12/hotstar-disneys-indian-str...