Streaming issues of course vary depending on multiple factors, including internet connectivity. But there were loads of viewers who experienced problems Friday night, including The Athletic ’s own media writer, Andrew Marchand, who updated his followers on Bluesky on the error message he was receiving.

Netflix’s livestream of the Mike Tyson and Jake Paul boxing match was a mess. I’m not talking about the bout itself — although people had their qualms with that, too — it’s the livestream, which people across the internet complained was plagued by buffering,

Netflix broadcast the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight on Nov. 15. Or at least it tried to do so. Viewers had to feel like they were in a time warp as the picture kept buffering as it would have a few decades ago. It was a bad look for a platform that has NFL games on Christmas Day.