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Google has announced that it’s open source web browser platform Chromium (the framework behind Google’s Chrome browser) will be dropping support for the popular h.264 HTML video codec – favoring Google’s own WebM platform (based on the VP8 codec which Google acquired in 2009).

The reasons for the drop in support of this widely popular video codec, have been explained in the official Chromium blog, and the main standpoint Google has, is on the issue of “innovation in the web media platform“. Open Source enthusiasts may welcome this news, due to new h.264 licensing and royalty rules coming…