https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/08/the-v ... s-of-2027/
This post imagines a dystopian future where only the rich can stream video to their homes, and the democratizing forces of the internet have crumbled under corruption and greed. The author reports back from a troubled future in the late 2020s that is wholly fictitious. The open video codec AV1 is wholly real.
A cautionary tale ... "The video wars of 2027"
A cautionary tale ... "The video wars of 2027"
"There's no limit to what he can do. He could destroy the Earth... If anything should happen to me you must go to Gort, you must say these words, 'Klaatu barada nikto', please repeat that."
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Re: A cautionary tale ... "The video wars of 2027"
Nah, that's just the Comcast plan for the future of the Internet
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Re: A cautionary tale ... "The video wars of 2027"
If I am still here in 2027 (very doubtful) I could revert to smoke signals, but the bandwidth might be a bit small.
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Re: A cautionary tale ... "The video wars of 2027"
Does Firefox support playing AV1 streams yet? Do any other players support the codec? I searched a few weeks ago, and couldn't find anything yea or nay...I got the impression that its encoding is still extremely slow.
Re: A cautionary tale ... "The video wars of 2027"
that's no so far fetched, either:
- in this country, where there is a "New Digital System" being phased in,
and there is already some suburbs that have FTTP on one side of a street, and FTTN on the other side of that street.
& so you have to Pay To Be Upgraded thus that can affect the ability stream video to some homes.
- - your playing of any playing AV1 streams, will only be part of the issue.
- in this country, where there is a "New Digital System" being phased in,
and there is already some suburbs that have FTTP on one side of a street, and FTTN on the other side of that street.
& so you have to Pay To Be Upgraded thus that can affect the ability stream video to some homes.
- - your playing of any playing AV1 streams, will only be part of the issue.
Re: A cautionary tale ... "The video wars of 2027"
I wouldn't worry about it - there'll be either
- A World War (China and USA being the main actors)
- An extinction level event caused by a Super Volcano or Asteroid strike or a Gamma-ray burst
- A Global Pandemic (our antibiotics are becoming ineffective and we still don't fully understand how a Virus works)
- Physicists accidentally creating a Black Hole that swallows the Earth (and the Solar System)
- Physicists accidentally creating a Wormhole that swallows the Earth (and the Solar System)
- A new invention that makes the referenced article irrelevant
- A catastrophic Weather event that nobody predicted could occur, but did
- or...
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Re: A cautionary tale ... "The video wars of 2027"
Ah, yes. You'd think us dullards would have learned from the Audio wars of 1990 that put music beyond the reach of all but the rich. Now, we all live in silence. And the e-book wars that made Amazon.com Emperor of the World because only the rich could afford books. And the Social Media wars that happened after 3 mega corporations cornered the offerings and began charging so much that only the wealthiest few could share content. Such horrific wars.
Oh, wait. None of that absurd crap happened? My suggestion for the author: Perhaps a better understanding of modern consumerism and the business models of profiting from content creation and delivery would make for a more compelling story. Or just observing history in one's own lifetime.
Oh, wait. None of that absurd crap happened? My suggestion for the author: Perhaps a better understanding of modern consumerism and the business models of profiting from content creation and delivery would make for a more compelling story. Or just observing history in one's own lifetime.
Son, someday all this will belong to your ex wife.