What's wrong are the misconceptions they are deliberately spreading to further their agenda. I am all for multiple choices just like you; I dislike that f.e. Sa

What's wrong are the misconceptions they are deliberately spreading to further their agenda. I am all for multiple choices just like you; I dislike that f.e. Safari has only H.264 support in its native HTML5 video component (problem solved if you have the XiphQT plugin, which takes 2 seconds to download and copy to your ~/Library) just as much as I dislike that Firefox has only Theora support. I want both FF and Safari to support both so the user doesn't have to friggin' switch browser to enjoy this and that website's content - thankfully I can stick to Safari since XiphQT does an awesome job, and I'm damned happy to be able to see both H.264 and Theora content without having to juggle applications. And, admittedly, had I been in charge of picking just one codec for the future, the choice would be so easy, because in this debate I am all about video/audio quality for the end user, and I rrrrreally don't think the world of web video would ever have the carpet swept from under its feet by the MPEG-LA. The notable difference here is that the H.264 camp in this debate isn't spewing bullshit all over the place.