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> Of course there is, and it should have that access if it means the difference between being able to stream video from the web well or not. Evidence seems to
by tvon 17y ago
> Of course there is, and it should have that access if it means the difference between being able to stream video from the web well or not.
Evidence seems to be strongly indicating that it is not necessary, unless you're Adobe and you need someone to blame for years of neglect.
Also, as pointed out all over the place, it hardly amounts to an excuse for everything else that Flash does that isn't related to h.264.
> Nearly every post of his are bad rationalizations for Apple's policies.
Hard to argue that a browser plugin should have direct GPU access when it clearly doesn't need it.
Also note that Gruber is an Apple pundit and obviously a fan of the company, but he has also been very critical of them in areas (eg, App Store policies).
- kelnos 17y ago> Hard to argue that a browser plugin should have direct GPU access when it clearly doesn't need it. Straw man. Flash doesn't need direct GPU access, just access to video decoding APIs that are accelerated.
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