I vibe coded a little tool [0] that can stream range requests from torrents.
It's a little buggy and super rough around the edges, but it's definitely possible because your torrent client can prioritize piece requests and http standards support http range requests, just requesting parts of a document. I lightly tested it with VLC and seeking the playback to the middle of a video
I can confirm this, from my experience. Many organizations have foregone ms in lieu of redhat and oracle, and redhat is slowly injecting openshift where they can fit it.
You can see why people like the docker experience, you can manage to do all that in a single interface, instead of one off scripts touching a ton of little things