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trying to imagine what a different post this would be if Apple (instead of Google) had dropped H.264 for similar reasons.
by plinkplonk 16y ago
trying to imagine what a different post this would be if Apple (instead of Google) had dropped H.264 for similar reasons.
- ZeroGravitas 16y agoApple fought a bitter, public battle with the MPEG-LA over MPEG 4 part 2 video and the crazy licence fees they were planning to charge for it (and AAC) a good few years back. They refused to release Quicktime 6 until the licence fee structure was changed to allow more cost free usage. Not out of the goodness of their hearts, but because uneconomical fees could (and did) open the door to competitors like VP6 which, via Flash, become the dominant web format for a while. Could have been pre-Daring Fireball though. (edit: I checked, the argument was summer 2002, DF started that fall).