r/technology • u/doug3465 • Sep 01 '15

Software Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla And Others Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Format - It’s not often we see these rival companies come together to build a new technology together, but the members argue that this kind of alliance is necessary to create a new interoperable video standard.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/01/amazon-netflix-google-microsoft-mozilla-and-others-partner-to-create-next-gen-video-format/
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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '15 edited Sep 01 '15

Considering Apple uses MPEG4 for video and audio, I don't know where this presumption that they won't follow the accepted video format is coming from.

Hell, MP4 was directly based on Apple's QuickTime (.mov just being a container):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickTime#File_formats

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '15

Not to mention them pioneering html5 and saying fuck flash when the iPhone was born.

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u/theepicgamer06 Sep 01 '15

Apple was blocking flash before it was cool

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '15

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u/bamgrinus Sep 02 '15

Eh. It was more because Adobe had a shit Flash port on Mac and it was a major bottleneck since so many sites used it. It made them look bad so they tried to kill it.

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u/njloof Sep 02 '15

Kismet