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Just curious because I don’t see people talk about it a lot.

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[-] Kushan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Multicast is a thing, though it doesn't seem to be widespread. That would make a lot more sense than this weird DRM broadcast system.

[-] Ptsf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Multicast still requires more expensive less widespread bandwidth than sending out analog signals ota & shooting off a few packets of encryption information every now and then. US infrastructure has rapidly improved over the past few years, but we're still a farcry from anything robust and reliable enough to serve the people benefiting from this type of content.

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