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by threeseed 4095 days ago
That makes no sense. Android is no different to Windows or OSX. It is irrelevant which codec it uses. It doesn't benefit the platform either way to use VP9, MPEG2, H.265 or any other codec.

Sure there are royalty costs for using H.265. But one could argue that (a) Android already costs money due to Microsoft licensing and (b) there are likely patent issues with VP9 just like there was with VP8.