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> or better yet MS, Apple and Co. who couldn't agree on one standard just for profit-reasons Odd that the two companies you explicitly mention were just fine u
by meepmorp 13y ago
> or better yet MS, Apple and Co. who couldn't agree on one standard just for profit-reasons
Odd that the two companies you explicitly mention were just fine using h264 and didn't really stand to make money off the decision.
- ZeroGravitas 13y agoActually Apple was on record as being against patented tech in W3C standards and reached reportedly reached out to the patent holders to see if they would licence H.264 baseline royalty free and they refused. Apple also once held up the release of a new version of QuickTime until the Mpeg-LA backed down from the crazy royalty structure they planned for AAC. But they failed this time, so Apple supporters pretend everything is fine with the current royalty system, and Apple opponents pretend they never even tried.