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bawolfftoday at 3:11 AM1 replyview on HN

Just because something is patented doesn't necessarily mean its good. I think head to head comparisons matter more. (Admittedly i dont know how av1 holds up)


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parl_matchtoday at 3:36 AM

Yes, but in this case, it does.

AV1 is good enough that the cost of not licensing might outweigh the cost of higher bandwidth. And it sounds like Netflix agrees with that.