On: Replacing HLS/Dash – Live Mass Fanout with Media over QUIC

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> allowed the Apple-controlled HLS player to reduce the bitrate rather than pummel a poor megacorp’s cellular network

lol the telcos will just throttle you, they don't care that your twitch stream constantly pauses to buffer. lower bitrate streams make the content playable, period.

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AT&T customers will complain if AT&T throttles a RTMP stream, as it will cause indefinitely buffering.

AT&T customers are less likely to complain if AT&T throttles a HLS broadcast, as the quality will just be lower.