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Why would Netflix cost less to run when YT is mostly user generated content? Am I missing something? Both have to stream it
by dolphinscorpion 7mo ago
Why would Netflix cost less to run when YT is mostly user generated content? Am I missing something? Both have to stream it
- LiamPowell 7mo agoNetflix has a far smaller catalogue and can cache content in exchanges very close to the user, see [1]. Also YouTube pays their creators. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Connect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Connect
- danpalmer 7mo agoGoogle has its Global Cache: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Global_Cache https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Global_Cache One might imagine that the cache-ability is lower than Netflix, I can't comment on this, but GGC is very significant.
- zommah 7mo agoNetflix is a production studio with an app, Youtube is a hosting service. 500 hours of video getting uploaded a min plus processing costs (including AI) for no upfront $$s. Far simpler CDN optimization
- aaronblohowiak 7mo agoFewer unique video hours, YouTube pays residuals, vastly smaller library to personalize