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This is interesting, I don't see how this is possible from a technical sense
by artogahr 3y ago
This is interesting, I don't see how this is possible from a technical sense
- dylan604 3y agoIf it is an HLS or DASH type of video stream, they could just query the playlist for a smaller video size and throttle that connection so that you're only served the smaller encode vs the full frame highest quality. Pretty simple thing to do really
- pjc50 3y agoIdentify (by IP or traffic shape) video traffic, then throttle the stream to the desired bitrate. The viewer's player will usually silently adapt.
- ikiris 3y agoits trivial with a simple rate limit.
- justsomehnguy 3y agoNetflix should have it own set of AS. And after that it's quite simple, routers can do throttle for decades.