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		gbin 84 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required f... Guess why it was asymmetrical in the first place ... Telcos wanted to sell the upload bandwidth to streaming companies. Another double dipping Telco monopoly squeeze and customer boxing / enshitification from very early on.

Tabular-Iceberg 84 days ago [–]

I thought it was just trading more download for less upload when last mile bandwidth was limited by re-using old POTS copper.

Wasn't dialup largely asymmetric too? I don't think p2p streaming was even on the radar back then.

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