If they were to force H.264 out they'd clearly have to make an exception for devices that were not capable of playing WebM. To think otherwise would be idiotic

If they were to force H.264 out they'd clearly have to make an exception for devices that were not capable of playing WebM. To think otherwise would be idiotic (and is an obnoxious straw man argument on your part). But that's not hard to do. So that doesn't invalidate my point which is they should either REALLY force the issue or drop it. Right now they're making a half hearted effort that guarantees fragmentation. (As for your first point I agree with the other reply)