Eli5: Why do some video players (Youtube, Netflix etc.) have problems with loading a video, only for it to be solved on a reload of the website?
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Generally, video delivery sites like YouTube are served to users through a CDN (content delivery network) that has a bunch of nodes in a lot of different locations, this allows the site to be performant regardless of where you are loading it.
Reloading a site that isn’t loading is usually the result or one of these nodes not performing correctly. Reloading will connect you to a node that’s performing better.
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