> and they certainly don't care as much about decode time as users with their precious battery life do. Of course they do. Google wouldn't sell many Pixels if

> and they certainly don't care as much about decode time as users with their precious battery life do. Of course they do. Google wouldn't sell many Pixels if you could only watch half as much YouTube or Netflix on a single charge compared to, say, an iPhone. Netflix wouldn't sell many subscriptions if you could only watch half as much on a single charge as Hulu or Prime Video either. Your point about encoding is valid, but Google and Netflix are definitely incentivised towards low decoding complexity on the client.