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byAnonymous Coward writes:
I hope you like shitty looking, processor hogging, absurdly terrible flash video, because we are stuck with it until someone (I'm looking at you, Apple) takes their head out of their ass.
Fucking Apple. You can't trust those turtleneck wearing fascists.
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bysys.stdout.write ( 1551563 ) writes:
Fucking Apple. You can't trust those turtleneck wearing fascists.
At least they're supporting something, unlike Microsoft which isn't supporting any HTML video element.
I know that "lesser of two evils" isn't exactly a good argument, but it's not nothing..
byFinallyjoined!!! ( 1158431 ) writes:
To see who wins.......
No sense spending money obfuscating, perverting "standards" or extending, if they can halve the amount, just with a few days/weeks waiting...
byDraek ( 916851 ) writes:
No standard is, arguably, better than H.264 since this way at least Firefox and Opera can claim to be standards-compliant without paying any kind of fee.
byAphoxema ( 1088507 ) * writes:
Not fascists, but it is frustrating to see them so stubborn about such a Good Idea when they've been the leaders of innovation for over a decade.
I guess the problem is that they won't be making tons of money off an obscure and clever design.
byAnonymous Coward writes:
Apple has been a leader at finding innovative ways of pounding you in the ass for a long time...
bynine-times ( 778537 ) writes:
It would be nice if Apple would go ahead and support OGG Vorbis and OGG Theora. Can any lawyerly folk give an idea of the worst possible scenario here? Someone steps forward claiming to have patented something in OGG, and Apple is forced to either strip support or pay a licensing fee?
On the other hand, their method of supporting the video tag seems somewhat reasonable. It looks like any format that Quicktime supports, Safari will support in the "video" tag. It's not hard to go download the OGG Theora c
bytimster ( 32400 ) writes:
Well, with a "submarine" patent, the patent holder will typically wait until the "invention" is in common use, THEN sue for retroactive damages. Those sorts of awards can get very expensive.
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bylarry bagina ( 561269 ) writes:
We're stuck with Flash video because Apple's iPhone doesn't support Flash? Is that right?
I agree that someone needs to take his head out of his ass.
bySpacePunk ( 17960 ) writes:
Your iAttitude doesn't show the proper level of respect for Steve Jobs iPenis. I suggest you straighten up before you are sent to iRe-education camp.
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