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Wouldn't Google just have to switch it's YouTube HTML5 support to use VP8 instead of H.264 in order to "win" this? If YouTube really does make up 40% of the on
by barranger 16y ago
Wouldn't Google just have to switch it's YouTube HTML5 support to use VP8 instead of H.264 in order to "win" this? If YouTube really does make up 40% of the online video market, Google has the largest ace in it's back pocket.
- falien 16y agoI believe the vast majority of youtube users still see the flash version though (even those who use browsers that would support the HTML5 version?), so that wouldn't matter as much.
- barranger 16y agoTrue, but if youtube were to drop H.264 in favor of VP8, how quickly do you think the iPhone/iPad would start supporting VP8?
- aphyr 16y agoOn the order of a year. We'd need to wait for them to source a VP8 chip from somewhere, write drivers for it, integrate, and test--same as everybody else.