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		Raphael_Amiard on Jan 11, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Removing H.264 Support in Chrome well they are nothing alike. Flash player is a free but proprietary implementation of an swf player. H264 is a licensed and patented codec specification.

eelco on Jan 11, 2011 [–]

Of course, Flash isn't patented at all. And H264 codecs always costs money.

I didn't know Google fanboyism existed.

Raphael_Amiard on Jan 11, 2011 | [–]

I'm just pointing out differences from the point of view of google maintenance of their software.

> I didn't know Google fanboyism existed.

Ad hominem is still as bad as it ever was

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