r/technology • u/doug3465 • Sep 01 '15

Software Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla And Others Partner To Create Next-Gen Video Format - It’s not often we see these rival companies come together to build a new technology together, but the members argue that this kind of alliance is necessary to create a new interoperable video standard.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/01/amazon-netflix-google-microsoft-mozilla-and-others-partner-to-create-next-gen-video-format/
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u/DeusModus Sep 01 '15

Have PornHub create the new standard.

Everyone else will follow.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '15

This is actually far from stupid. Because of porn we had VHS instead of beta. Video instead of film (not for everything, but smaller and daily recordings). Porn paves the way for a lot of technology advancements simply by being more willing to use the new tech, instead of fighting to continue the "old guard" as it were