Re:New 2019 MacBook Air features a slower SSD than 2018 model
by untog on Monday July 15, 2019 @02:32PM
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I wouldn't say it's the only reason. H264/5 are not royalty-free codecs. YouTube is a powerful tool Google can use to push a royalty-free codec, much like Apple used the iPhone to push people off Flash. It's one of few areas I agree with Google being heavy handed.
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Re:New 2019 MacBook Air features a slower SSD than 2018 model
by stephenr on Monday July 15, 2019 @04:24PM
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What, over and above the H.264 licensing that covers them for 1080p content?
It’s google doing what google always does: pushing a google controlled thing to become a “standard”.
Re:New 2019 MacBook Air features a slower SSD than 2018 model
by untog on Monday July 15, 2019 @06:12PM
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It's an open source, royalty free codec. I'd much rather use that than one owned and licensed by a private organisation, no matter whether Google develops it or not.
Re:New 2019 MacBook Air features a slower SSD than 2018 model
by stephenr on Monday July 15, 2019 @10:31PM
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It’s still patent encumbered, and if you happen to sue Google, because they do something shitty, you lose your patent grant.