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Re:Google Removing H.264 Support in Chrome by bane on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @12:30AM (#2095113)
Software decoding video isn't really that big of a deal. Even mobile processors are powerful enough...

(yes, it'll consume battery like a dry horse drinks water in a desert)

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Re:Google Removing H.264 Support in Chrome by danudey on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @12:32AM (#2095115)
> (yes, it'll consume battery like a dry horse drinks water in a desert)

For mobile devices, that's a huge deal. There are no resources more scarce than battery power on a mobile device.

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Re:Google Removing H.264 Support in Chrome by bane on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @12:44AM (#2095139)
I don't disagree, but Android users seem to get by more or less "ok" without hardware 264 decoding (at least the ones who have devices without hardware decoding).

Personally, I just leave my mobile devices plugged in most of the time anyway so they're always topped off, but that's just me.

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Re:Google Removing H.264 Support in Chrome by JonnieCache on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @10:46AM (#2096477)
>mobile devices plugged in most of the time

DOES NOT COMPUTE.

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Re:Google Removing H.264 Support in Chrome by bane on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @07:33PM (#2098316)
Well, having a desk job does tend to make me stay in one place for the most part. If I know I'm going to be sitting there for longer than an hour -- I plug it in.

In the car? Plug it in.

etc.

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Re:Google Removing H.264 Support in Chrome by JonnieCache on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @09:38PM (#2098597)
That's the fast way to ruin your batteries. Don't do it.

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Battery_memor...

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