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lordnacho 21 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Why is there no P2P streaming protocol lik...

For pseudo-live streams such as sports events, that would be totally fine. People can have slightly out of sync streams, delayed by various amounts.

But you can't live stream a conversation with someone if you have a 10s delay.

duskwuff 20 days ago [–]

Latency is actually a pretty big deal for live sports events.

No one wants to hear the cheering start at the neighbor's house ten seconds before you get to see the team score a goal.

lordnacho 19 days ago | [–]

And yet, that is exactly what we have!

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