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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 increa (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] FalschgeldFurkan@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Does this have any impact towards the consumer?

[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 hours ago

Disconnect your TV from the internet and don’t let it update (downgrade) your software.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Probably price increases to offset corporate losses.

[–] 7101334@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Price increases on streaming services you mean?

If so, a magical alternative exists on the high seas, or so I've heard