It's not about "can't afford it", it's solely about "doesn't fit their business model".
This is in great, big letters on Mozilla's home page:
" We Are Building a Better Internet
And we’re dedicated to keeping it free, open and accessible to all. "
This is in great, big letters on Mozilla's home page:
" We Are Building a Better Internet
And we’re dedicated to keeping it free, open and accessible to all. "
What should happen instead, MPEG-LA should give a perpetual license to all non-profit or open source developers of anything whatsoever.