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Re:Google's dropping H.264 from Chrome a step backward for o... by spiffworks on Thursday January 13, 2011 @11:17AM (#2100253)
Well, H.264 licenses top out at 6 million, I think. On2 was acquired for 133 million(check Wikipedia). And they've only removed H.264 from Chrome, it would be disastrous for them to do the same with Android. So even if they were to license H.264 for its patent lifetime, they've lost more money than they've saved.

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