Stephen Hoffman1d ago
De_Minimis
https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/streaming/h264-streaming-license-fees-jump-from-100000-to-4-5-million
Firm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 million — backbone codec of the internet gets meteoric increase, AVC hikes follow disastrous H.265 licensing increases

Existing licensees are grandfathered.

Tom's Hardware
Apr 3 at 7:06pmWeb
Show threadCory Carson2d ago
@De_Minimis I don't hate this.
We have VP9 and AV1 hardware acceleration rolled out in consumer hardware for a few generations now