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Re:New 2019 MacBook Air features a slower SSD than 2018 model by untog on Monday July 15, 2019 @06:12PM (#20445778)
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.
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Re:New 2019 MacBook Air features a slower SSD than 2018 model by stephenr on Monday July 15, 2019 @10:31PM (#20447042)
It’s still patent encumbered, and if you happen to sue Google, because they do something shitty, you lose your patent grant.
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Re:New 2019 MacBook Air features a slower SSD than 2018 model by untog on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @12:24AM (#20447451)
How does that make H264 preferable?
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Re:New 2019 MacBook Air features a slower SSD than 2018 model by stephenr on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @12:38AM (#20447504)
It's not operated by a company with a penchant for abusing its 800 pound gorilla status?
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