you seem to be arguing that we should just keep using h264 unless things go bad, at which point we can always switch; do you not see the problem with that? even if MPEG-LA licensing fees never change, I'm with Mozilla (and google) on the fact that ensuring every video producer and provider will be paying license fees to put their content on the web for the next 17 years is suboptimal. codec choice is good, but until a royalty-free option is everywhere, I'd rather them play hardball.

speaking of mozilla, unless you run windows 7 and like microsoft firefox plugins, switching back to firefox won't do you much good on the h264 front.