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Re:The Practical vs. Idealistic Scenarios for the Near-Term ... by Flenser on Friday January 14, 2011 @04:15AM (#2103026)
They don't have to go nuclear, they just have to serve youtube content in higher resolutions in WebM than in H.264.
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Re:The Practical vs. Idealistic Scenarios for the Near-Term ... by dilap on Friday January 14, 2011 @02:04PM (#2104942)
That's an interesting idea. I wonder if people care enough about video quality on YouTube(!) for it to have much of an effect, tho...
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Re:The Practical vs. Idealistic Scenarios for the Near-Term ... by Flenser on Saturday January 22, 2011 @02:57PM (#2130927)
They would when YouTube adds paid for content.
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