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		TedDoesntTalk on April 22, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The bottom is dropping out of Netflix On one hand, their product is not tech… it’s media. On the other hand, they’ve invented some of the best tech and have some of the best engineers.

scarface74 on April 22, 2022 [–]

Their streaming tech is a commodity. Any media company can throw money at someone like BamTech (now owned by Disney) and spin up streaming infrastructure.

TedDoesntTalk on April 23, 2022 | [–]

I did not know that. Certainly wasn’t true in the past. Glad to hear it’s democratized!

stubish on April 24, 2022 | | [–]

And Streamotion (streamotion.com.au), part of Foxtel.

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