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Re:The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won by clouddrover on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @10:05AM (#16115366)
But you've got to produce before you can consume and you've got to deliver to the consumer. AV1's licensing reduces costs and AV1's lower bitrate delivers better picture quality earlier with less bandwidth.

The choice isn't AV1 or users. It's AV1 and users.

Re:The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won by notyourday on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @06:04PM (#16119974)
Products already exists. That's what users consume. That's also why users don't care about technological developments unless those technological developments improve user's experience, not make it more difficult for the users.
Re:The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won by scarface74 on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @10:28AM (#16115577)
How does it "reduce costs" if you still have to support both?

And I can't find how much licensing actual costs for H.264.

Re:The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won by scarface74 on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @10:57AM (#16115850)
If there is a demand, content will come, I doubt the difference in cost made by the licensing fees are going to mske a difference.
Re:The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won by scarface74 on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @03:43PM (#16118882)
No, but potential for bandwidth caps with fees for going in light of the removal of network neutrality legislation might tip the balance in the favor of the codec that looks better at a lower bitrate.

What does that have to do with patents and why people should care?

Re:The Fight for Patent-Unencumbered Media Codecs Is Nearly Won by cuckcuckspruce on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @03:33PM (#16118790)
No, but potential for bandwidth caps with fees for going in light of the removal of network neutrality legislation might tip the balance in the favor of the codec that looks better at a lower bitrate.