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I'll throw that back at you. What makes you think I think that, or that it somehow affects what I said? Regular people don't care, nor do they need to. Browser
by ashearer 16y ago
I'll throw that back at you. What makes you think I think that, or that it somehow affects what I said?
Regular people don't care, nor do they need to. Browser makers (Apple, Google, Mozilla) and content publishers (YouTube, BBC) care intensely, and are driving the entire controversy. All have a significant financial stake. Sufficiently large content publishers like Google/YouTube and the BBC have been motivated enough to invest heavily in open source codecs themselves. Supporters and detractors of Flash are fanning the flames.
- rimantas 16y agoGoogle owns WebM. Just something to consider.
- ashearer 16y agoGoogle bought it in order to irrevocably release it as a free standard, and now it's baked into hardware where they can't change it further. That's less of a good way to exercise control over the video standard at everyone else's expense while reaping profit from them, and more of a good way to prevent anyone else from doing so. Are you suggesting something else?