Jan 11
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Immediately after Google announced that they were dropping the H.264 video codec — the codec being used by major competitor Apple, for one thing — in their Chrome browser, there was an uproar in the community. Some accused Google of favoring one product simply to hurt a competitor. Others felt that Google had presented a double-standard, since Flash videos also use H.264, but these were still being supported
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Google Explains H.264 Codec Drop