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Smiley Katz posted an update in the group
Web Video: 2 years, 4 months ago Why the Future of Online Video Is in Serious Trouble
Just like the Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD battle that took place a couple of years ago, web video is having its own format war.
”Google is preparing for war with Apple and Microsoft over the future of web video, and the rest of will be caught in the crossfire.
The inability for both sides to compromise will almost certainly stifle the growth of innovation surrounding HTML5 video. Why would anybody invest time and money into a technology that will only work in some browsers, when Flash is guaranteed to work in all browsers (except Mobile Safari)? ”
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The question ”Why would anybody invest time and money into a technology that will only work in some browsers, when Flash is guaranteed to work in all browsers (except Mobile Safari)?” is easily answered with the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch sales numbers Apple posted yesterday.
If you video doesn’t play on iOS devices… well, you just lost a big chunk of potential viewers.