Janne Moren on Nostr: Companies are disabling video decoder hardware in their products because the ...

Companies are disabling video decoder hardware in their products because the organization holding the patents are increasing the per-unit fee.

Tell me again how *actually* open and open-source standards don't really matter, and the market will take care of everything and make our lives great.

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HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs
HEVC licensing gets more expensive in January.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/hp-and-dell-disable-hevc-support-built-into-their-laptops-cpus/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social