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This is a pretty common misconception about Netflix.

Netflix is running on AWS (using Linux) and the streaming service is not running on AWS using FreeBSD.

https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/netflix-kinesi...

https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/netflix-nicedc...

https://papers.freebsd.org/2019/fosdem/looney-netflix_and_fr...



Oh ok sorry. But Netflix is always touted as the biggest commercial user of FreeBSD. I wonder what they're using it for then if not streaming?


No, you've misunderstood. Netflix (the website and other such things) runs on AWS using Linux. However, Netflix, the streaming service that their website and apps use, runs on FreeBSD and is not on AWS.




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