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Google dropping h.264 support from Chrome
KharBevNor:
FUCK YEAH
est:
Lookit darm teefs
AnAverageWriter:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor on 13 Jan 2011, 05:00 ---FUCK YEAH
--- End quote ---
Yeah, I love FireFox too.
It may sound odd, but Google is just... something about them just makes my skin crawl. I have aversions to using them for search results, let alone anything else they do.
est:
One of the Google head honchos is super skeevy. I think it is Larry that is the creepy one? The guy who said that if you don't want people knowing where you live you could just move. That guy. Fuck him.
IrrationalPie:
The reason Google is 'dropping' h.264 is because it's not an open codec.
The h.264 code is not an 'open' codec because it is not open-sourced code and the code contains patented algorithms.
That being said, Chrome will still support h.264 via a plugin (extension), however, it will not be included in the vanilla download -- much like Flash has to be installed.
If a codec such as this catches on to become the industry standard, this poses problems for companies such as Google (YouTube) or any other video company (Netflix, Hulu, etc.) as they are responsible for paying royalties (due to the patent) if it is used.
If, instead, an open-source 'free' version is created, the above will not be a problem and development of this free solution will progress. This is a better solution than having one company holding a universally supported codec hostage.
As a side note : Chrome was not the first to drop h.264. Opera had taken a stance against the codec from the get-go.
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