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SRT serve well as a first-mile contribution protocol, so things like delivering live video from remote field cameras back to HQ or enabling reliable cellular broadcasting over a congested 4G network. The error-correcting ability combined with a configurable fixed latency makes SRT very attractive for this type of production, and has been slowly replacing RTMP/MPEG-TS workflows in the broadcast world. I've seen networks where a RTMP stream did not work at all and switching to SRT worked straight away.

WebRTC seems like the future for last-mile delivery to viewers, though the popularity of LL-HLS and LL-DASH (and the ease of deploying them on existing infrastructure) is confining WebRTC to video-calling and some smaller applications where every bit of latency matters.

Nice to see you on HN. Been following your channel from the early days.

Is it just me or are there more off-topic political posts on HN lately?

That would be like AWS telling all customers that their services would randomly go offline to test disaster response. The responsibility for blackout testing should be at the client level, at each hospital, train station etc similar to fire drills.

You can look into Alicloud (Alibaba Cloud) ICP, they provide English language services to help you set up a license. Still requires a locally registered entity (whether as a WFOE or a fully registered company) but they help a lot in navigating the bureaucracy.