Earlier this month, Google announced that it will drop support for the popular H.264 video codec from it’s Chrome browser. Being the web geek that I am, I’ve researched and thought about and wrestled with this issue to the detriment of my productivity.
And after all that I have come to the following conclusion: Google is at it again. And by ‘it’ I mean being two-faced liars who have lost my trust.
For background on this issue, see these 2 excellent articles:
- Google’s WebM v H.264: who wins and loses in the video codec wars? – guardian.co.uk Technology Blog
- Google’s dropping H.264 from Chrome a step backward for openness – Ars Technica
I want to believe that Google’s decision was motivated by the desire to help advance adoption of HTML5 video, which would make publishing video on the web so much easier. I really wish that Google is sincere in it’s claim of wanting to build an open web by promoting WebM, their open source video codec.
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