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Maybe not necessarily easier, but it isn't part of their focus. Besides having collateral (the datacenters) what else do they gain? It's not like Amazon where
by whichdan 14y ago
Maybe not necessarily easier, but it isn't part of their focus. Besides having collateral (the datacenters) what else do they gain?
It's not like Amazon where they're providing infrastructure to other companies. I remember someone else on HN pointing out that there aren't many non-adult video providers the size of Netflix/YouTube/etc that aren't already rolling their own solutions or served by companies like Brightcove.
- ams6110 14y agoBy not having datacenters they don't have capital tied up in buildings, real-estate, staff/benefits at those data centers, they can be much smaller personnel wise and having much more of the staff focused on stuff that matters to customers. Customers don't care where the data center is or who is running it, as long as their movies come on when they want to watch.