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		slimier on Jan 12, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Removing H.264 Support in Chrome However, the devices with the most users which don't have flash (read: iOS), can play h264, not WebM. That would make it likely to be more often h264 with flash fallback.

drivebyacct2 on Jan 12, 2011 [–]

"The only legitimate concern with this is hardware decoding, largely in mobile devices."

iOS can implement WebM, no problemo. The problem is, it will be pretty crummy.

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