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> support for free media formats/codecs like webm, webp, and av1. You mean codecs developed exclusively by Google (often in rapid succession) and which Google
by dmitriid 4y ago
> support for free media formats/codecs like webm, webp, and av1.
You mean codecs developed exclusively by Google (often in rapid succession) and which Google aggressively pushes by abusing its dominant position https://www.protocol.com/youtube-tv-roku-issues https://www.protocol.com/youtube-tv-roku-issues
- woojoo666 4y agoWhat's an alternative free media format? Not everything Google does is bad. In fact if you're against companies abusing their dominant position, Apple is perhaps one of the worst. Worth noting that Safari is starting to roll out support for VP9, one of the formats by Google. Unfortunately this format is already rather outdated, and if Apple was going to support a free format now they should have gone for AV1. Which goes to show how slow they are