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But Twitter/Reddit don't know if you'll play the videos, meanwhile TikTok can assume you will, so can already fetch them from the server.
by netsharc 4y ago
But Twitter/Reddit don't know if you'll play the videos, meanwhile TikTok can assume you will, so can already fetch them from the server.
- hot_gril 4y agoYou might skip the TikTok ones or not reach them. Every time you close the app or change contexts, it probably wastes ~5 preloaded video intros. Reddit and Twitter could do the same. It's not necessary to load the entire video, just the first few seconds. But since video isn't the main focus of those, I can see them not feeling the need to optimize it so much. I think Twitter's video servers are also just slow.