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by ux266478 197 days ago
Who is saying Google should ship the reference implementation? It's a standard, and Google has the labor to write their own implementation.
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jeffbee 197 days ago
Google did write one. They wrote the bad one that we're discussing.
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asddubs 196 days ago
they wrote both AFAIK
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izacus 197 days ago
That sounds like an even more request for someone to do for free, doesn't it?
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ipdashc 197 days ago
It's Google, it's one of the biggest tech companies in the world making boatloads of money, in part off their browser. They're currently best known as one of the companies trying to create AI God. They really can't write an... image format parser?
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izacus 196 days ago
Cool, but why does that mean they need to write a codec for you for free?
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aniviacat 196 days ago
They don't need to, they're free to become IE6.

I don't think it's irrational to be upset when a (near-)monopoly browser holds back useful features. Even if said browser is provided for free.

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encom 196 days ago
They are IE6. They have near total market dominance, and dictate web standards. It's a very comparable situation to IE6 days.
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