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		rgbrgb on Dec 31, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ambient Co-Presence how do you get websockets to work p2p? afaik websockets needs a dedicated server to relay messages.

jcelerier on Jan 1, 2024 [–]

WebRTC will also require having TURN servers to relay messages if you want to be compatible with everyone on internet. True P2P is pretty much impossible in a way that works in 100% of the networks.

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