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by tripflag 133 days ago
h264 still makes sense in some applications because it is relatively computationally cheap, and has very wide adoption in both software and hardware.

in the case of HEVC/h265, one of the main reasons today is Apple using that codec for photos (heif/heifs/heic/heics); it never came close to the popularity and adoption that AVC/h264 did. AV1 is superior to h265 in most ways; there is little technical reason to use hevc.