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mtbnut said:

AppleInsider said:

It is not clear who Apple has chosen to license HEVC from -- but it is likely around $25 million annually, given MPEG LA's terms for using the technology. 

How does this actually work? Why can't they buy the rights and open source it, to promote availability and compatibility? 

Fun fact: V9 (that codec everyone is complaining about the AppleTV not supporting for 4K Youtube) is open and exists as the decedent of a direct response to all the problems that happened last time we went around this bush with x264. Essentially what you're suggesting is exactly what Google did at the time. They bought a competing codec to x264 from On2 and worked to improve it so we would have a codec that isn't patent encumbered. Unfortunately they were too slow, and the addition of hardware decoders in devices (like the iPhone) ultimately drove VP8 into obscurity.

We're doing the same dance all over again now. Apple doesn't want to include hardware decoders for VP9 (despite being available this time), so they are going to continue to push x265 (which, fwiw, does have the film/television industry backing because it's MPEG group). So to directly answer the question -- they don't care about the fees. They probably have deals in place.

cropr said:

AppleInsider said:

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Many publishing companies that uses Macs and can only survive by ads and trackers. I am not so sure that this features is in the interest of all Mac users 

AI might even belong to this group of publishers. 

I could live with this feature, if a user has the choice to switch it off, but I could not detect in the article if this is possible.   Luckily I still have the choice to use Chrome or Firefox 

We're more tired of fighting with advertises than you guys can imagine. This will absolutely hurt us, but it's the right thing.

We'll probably survive ; )

It was pretty amusing watching Neil completely flip his shit in slack during the event when it was confirmed the red dot was actually really real.

He hates it so much. So so much. 😂

To avoid the stupid arguments and  baseless hearsay: 
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3277

They aren't the best at properly distributing the donations they receive, but better than most and a solid  default in a pinch if you want to help out. They are an extremely transparent organization at the very least. I'm closing this thread before it gets stupid. 

But ... can it do that?