Yesterday two prominent people at Mozilla announced that Mozilla plans to support H.264 to some extent in future versions of Firefox:
- Video, user experience and our mission by Mitchell Baker, Chair of Mozilla
- Video, Mobile, and the Open Web (alternate) by Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla
While I understand their reasoning, I hope there is a chance to change that position. In my view, continuing on that path will ultimately hurt the open web, both in the short- and long-term.
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