When Netflix was announced as the streaming home for two Christmas Day NFL games this year, the immediate response focused on how expensive it’s become to stream football in 2024 and how many streaming services you would need.
As Netflix is the streaming platform, there seemed to be little doubt that it could stream football well. Amazon does it without a hitch every Thursday night, after all. Peacock has delivered quality streams for its exclusive contests including a playoff game, meanwhile, and Sunday Ticket now lives on YouTube TV.
Then Friday night’s fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson happened. Littered with buffering and quality issues, social media was quickly filled with comments, memes and complaints about Netflix’s latest foray into live sports streaming.
This is how most people watched the fight on your channel pic.twitter.com/FYHQyDXj5S
— ZEEZ 🌚 (@Swaggzeez1) November 16, 2024
never broadcast anything live ever again yall suck
— 〽️ (@drizzyys) November 16, 2024
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