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Who is saying Google should ship the reference implementation? It's a standard, and Google has the labor to write their own implementation.
by ux266478 11mo ago
Who is saying Google should ship the reference implementation? It's a standard, and Google has the labor to write their own implementation.
- izacus 11mo agoThat sounds like an even more request for someone to do for free, doesn't it?
- ipdashc 11mo agoIt's Google, it's one of the biggest tech companies in the world making boatloads of money, in part off their browser. They're currently best known as one of the companies trying to create AI God. They really can't write an... image format parser?
- izacus 11mo agoCool, but why does that mean they need to write a codec for you for free?
- aniviacat 11mo agoThey don't need to, they're free to become IE6. I don't think it's irrational to be upset when a (near-)monopoly browser holds back useful features. Even if said browser is provided for free.
- encom 11mo agoThey are IE6. They have near total market dominance, and dictate web standards. It's a very comparable situation to IE6 days.
- jeffbee 11mo agoGoogle did write one. They wrote the bad one that we're discussing.
- asddubs 11mo agothey wrote both AFAIK