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Of course Microsoft and Apple support H.264. They both stand to benefit:

http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/AVC/Pages/Licensors.aspx

Of course Firefox and Opera support WebM. Revenues of Mozilla Foundation and Opera Software depend on Google.

Firefox and Opera had chosen VP8 in favor of H.264 before Chrome did.

But not before Google.

I agree with you as well, but I don't see why my point doesn't stand. I'm not saying I agree with one side or the other just that everyone has a stake in this game.

Microsoft has stated in the past that they pay more into the Pool each year than they get out in payments for the patents they have in the Pool. I forget how many patents Microsoft has in the pool, but it's more than Apple, who only has one patent in there, which implies that Apple is getting even less money out than Microsoft.

In other words, I doubt either company is directly making a profit on h.264 licensing payments.

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