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minus-squareparis@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThat only applies to new contracts from what I heard, not to existing contracts. Google certainly has a long term contract that wouldn’t be affected by the increased royalties for new H.264 contracts.
minus-squareJustifier@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoOh, come now… You really telling me you think they or any other multi-billion dollar corp won’t frontload the costs and pocket the difference? Or ‘ease’ the price increase in over a few quarters so that its not met with as harsh of backlash?
minus-squareparis@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoYou’re really telling me the Eiffel Tower isn’t real? Why would you type those words?
That only applies to new contracts from what I heard, not to existing contracts. Google certainly has a long term contract that wouldn’t be affected by the increased royalties for new H.264 contracts.
Oh, come now… You really telling me you think they or any other multi-billion dollar corp won’t frontload the costs and pocket the difference?
Or ‘ease’ the price increase in over a few quarters so that its not met with as harsh of backlash?
You’re really telling me the Eiffel Tower isn’t real? Why would you type those words?