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		randomifcpfan on Jan 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An Invisible Tax on the Web: Video Codecs (2018) Apple is a member of the MPEG-LA patent pool, and receives a cut of the H.265 royalties. They support AV-1 only reluctantly, likely due to pressure from content providers like Netflix and YouTube.

temp667 on Jan 10, 2021 | [–]

That is interesting! I'd always been confused WHY Apple with its focus on audio / video wasn't pushing more here for some better open standards.

The AV1 support is obviously a step though in the right direction.

dehrmann on Jan 10, 2021 | [–]

Ah, so that might be why they stubbornly refuse to support VP9 on iPhones.

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