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Implications on my server's bandwidth usage when embedding files such as videos or images from YouTube or Google Drive


I'm trying to reduce my server's AWS bandwidth usage costs. My web application will have a lot of images and videos of my users and I would like to know if embedding these files from YouTube or Google Drive would reduce these costs. Would you pay for the use of bandwidth or not?


Solution

  • Store your videos on youtube, not in your aws account - then the user's browser downloads it directly from youtube - avoiding bandwidth charges for you.