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		p0nce on Jan 28, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YouTube now defaults to HTML5 video Numerous observers have shown that H.265 is better than VP9 on the quality/efficiency curve. But Google does not like to pay for real research and prefer to found alternative "free" copy-pasta codecs it controls. http://iphome.hhi.de/marpe/download/Performance_HEVC_VP9_X26... http://fr.slideshare.net/touradj_ebrahimi/spie2014-hev-cvsvp... edit: facts will get you downvoted on HN. Nice.

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