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		bawolff 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Why is there no P2P streaming protocol lik... That's like saying you can choose not to run a website. Like yes, you certainly could choose to do that, but not if you're planning to run a p2p based streaming website.

apitman 3 months ago [–]

It doesn't have to be p2p based. That's unlikely to work well in practice. But it could be p2p augmented opportunistically.

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