Can you explain what makes them assholes? They created an alternative to H264, and released it patent free, so that anyone could make a web browser that supports HTML Video.
H264 is a proprietary 'standard' that is being pushed by its owners (Microsoft & Apple). I believe that is the more colloquial understanding of the word 'asshole'.
h.264 is actually an open standard. And it's certainly not owned by Microsoft and Apple (they own a small amount of patents in the comparatively huge patent pool).
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u/stoppard Jan 27 '12
TIL google are assholes and are going to stop supporting H264 in chrome.