“Begun, The Codec War Has”
Chris Adamson:
“This feels like it could be the end of 10+ years of codec peace, and a return to the bad old days of the late 90s when internet media insisted users install plugins for Windows Media, RealPlayer, QuickTime Streaming, or Flash, based on the technology choices made by the content provider. If the only way to have One True Codec today would be to standardize on VP9, well, let’s face it: there is no way in hell Apple would ever allow a core part of its business depend on a Google-controlled technology.”
Ugh.