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0 pointsnubinetwork1y ago0 comments

If twitch cared about money, they could easily stop providing storage and bandwidth for all the South American and Russian channels streaming pirated movies and TV 24/7.

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k8sToGo1y ago

I highly doubt that either are really making a dent in costs.

nubinetworkOP1y ago

Running a CDN for ingest, and a CDN for viewing streams and VODs isn't cheap. Twitch still pays Amazon to run their equipment.

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0 pointsnubinetwork1y ago0 comments

If twitch cared about money, they could easily stop providing storage and bandwidth for all the South American and Russian channels streaming pirated movies and TV 24/7.

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k8sToGo1y ago

I highly doubt that either are really making a dent in costs.

nubinetworkOP1y ago

Running a CDN for ingest, and a CDN for viewing streams and VODs isn't cheap. Twitch still pays Amazon to run their equipment.

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