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This isn't to say that a long term goal of html5 video served via a patent-unencumbered coded isn't a motivation of theirs, I just think that the decision to re
by yesbabyyes 16y ago
This isn't to say that a long term goal of html5 video served via a patent-unencumbered coded isn't a motivation of theirs, I just think that the decision to remove native h264 right now is more of a way to keep flash a practical option than an ideological move.
If they want to achieve that long term goal, isn't it obviously better to act sooner rather than later?
- morrow 16y agoI agree, but it depends on how much removing native support for h264 this soon advances the state of html5. We are still convincing content-publishers to adopt html5. Dropping support right now and forcing people who want to support html5 video to dual encode and wrap content in flash for the sake of compatibility might slow adoption more than waiting for more people to get on first, then pulling the plug.