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Stupid question: why hasn't .webm surpassed .gif as the

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Stupid question: why hasn't .webm surpassed .gif as the standard? The immediate cause is pretty obvious: not all websites/programs support easy playback of .webm files, but what's the root cause?
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>>56447679
Time.
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>>56447679

ignorance + lazyness
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>>56447679
people just don't give a shit

when you're doing something where quality, length and sound are necessary, YouTube and co. already exist and tend to do the job better anyway
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>>56447679
.shitm

No all browsers support.
No hardware acceleration.
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>>56447679
iPhone doesn't support .webm inline. No one is willing to drop support for ~30% of the mobile web, especially when iOS users generate more ad revenue[1].

[1] http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/16/facebook-ad-profit-a-staggering-1790-more-on-iphone-than-android/

Blame apple
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Why can Chrome in Android play webm but not in iOS?
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>>56449377
Apple won't let you. Chrome on iOS is just a reskin of Safari minus the JIT-compiler (Apple won't let you W^X memory).
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>>56449375
Webm doesn't support safari not the other way around
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>>56447679
.gif is already replaced, by .mp4
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>>56447679
>Website support
>OS support (a lot of them don't even have thumbnails for webm)
>It's a full video format meaning you need more powerful programs to edit them. Most image editors can handle gif just fine.

I know gif is a video format but it's closer to just being a slideshow.
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Anyone know if the ASUS R515MA-BING-SX570 is any good? Someone I know is selling an used one
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Only neckbear sites use webm. The rest of the web uses mp4
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>>56447685
>>56449161
Kill yourself tripfags
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How do I minimize ram usage on Windows 7? I want to get it under 500MB.
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