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If Youtube goes WebM/flash only, iOS will support WebM, period. Not being able to watch youtube videos would be like the Flash noise of a year ago, but worse,
by redthrowaway 16y ago
If Youtube goes WebM/flash only, iOS will support WebM, period. Not being able to watch youtube videos would be like the Flash noise of a year ago, but worse, as there's no reason not to support WebM.
- kenjackson 16y agoApple and Jobs aren't shy about saying, "Nope, not doing it". Especially with those they view as enemies and trust me, Google is their arch enemy now, much moreso than Microsoft. A big reason they may not do it is backwards compat on HW accleration. They have a working solution on all devices today (H264). They're not likely to want to screw their old customers over a codec they aren't particularly fond of that was rammed down their throat by Google. Here's what I'd do if I were Apple, host my own video service, that serves H264 or Flash. MS and Apple throw their marketing weight and services around that (their various products auto upload to this new service). Now all iOS devices can play this video AND so can everyone else. YouTube dies a MySpace like death. If YouTube tries that I really think they may be sealing their own fate. To put it another way, people are NOT going to give up their iOS devices. But they will use a different video service.
- rmc 16y agoIf YouTube and all online video is WebM, then iOS will have no way to play 99% of videos (no flash remember). Apple can't afford for ipad to be "the device that doesn't play videos"
- prodigal_erik 16y agoiOS appliances have hardware support for H.264. If Apple can actually keep H.264 content available by refusing to support VP8/WebM, their captive users would benefit by longer battery life and maybe smoother playback.