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Windows 11's New Media Player Uses 3.5x More RAM, Charges for Popular Video Codecs
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That's good to know that it's been updated but the reason it wasn't in the default binaries until the patent expired was because "it's free" isn't a defense from being sued by a patent holder.
Vlc including patented codecs is getting away with it despite the sword hanging over the project. Ffmpeg prefers to be safe because many free OpenSource projects have been shut down by patent holders.