We've of course seen no limit to the complaints by users that YouTube videos often get stuck buffering, despite blisteringly-fast connections. Most customers blame their ISPs, while most ISPs (or companies paid by ISPs) blame Google. The real reason is often the power and cash struggles going on behind the scenes over CDN and peering links, with last-mile ISPs, core network ISPs, and content companies like Google all sometimes playing a role in making your YouTube performance suck.
Of course this is great consumer information, and it will be interesting to see if this has any traction, or is followed up by any sites like Twitch.tv or other streaming platforms. Even gigantic communities like 9gag, reddit, facebook, pintrest and others that rely on heavy media loads have a vested interest in keeping their commodity happy. I'm starting to question myself and my initial reaction to so much of the tech news I've been hearing lately: one of suspicion. Maybe I've just fallen into the trap of fearing for my personal information's safety at every turn, when in the real world it's not really any safer and I should just be even more careful on the internet. I fear big brother, I fear what kinds of lists I might already be on for things I've said on the internet. In writing this down, I think I'm more paranoid than I thought.