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danudey on Jan 13, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: 10 Questions for John Gruber Regarding H.264, WebM

And PowerPC content (applications) worked fine on Intel Machines for years (and still does if you install Rosetta).

The same couldn't be said if Apple dropped support for H.264. Old content would cease to work immediately.

redrobot5050 on Jan 20, 2011 [–]

Well, you could use VLC or an application that does not rely on system codecs or quicktime, but you are exactly right.

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