It's only been the case since 2019 so I dispute the characterization as “essential for interactivity” since Twitch has run for almost a decade without it.
Maybe it improves things but we're back to my previous comment:
> Maybe Twitch's management effectively prefers 3s of latency at 20x the bandwidth cost of 7 seconds of latency, but I have to admit that it would surprise me.
Maybe it improves things but we're back to my previous comment:
> Maybe Twitch's management effectively prefers 3s of latency at 20x the bandwidth cost of 7 seconds of latency, but I have to admit that it would surprise me.