commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoFirm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 million — backbone codec of the internet gets meteoric increase, AVC hikes follow disastrous H.265 licensing increawww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1583arrow-down18
arrow-up1575arrow-down1external-linkFirm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 million — backbone codec of the internet gets meteoric increase, AVC hikes follow disastrous H.265 licensing increawww.tomshardware.comcommander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square107fedilink
minus-squareBoofStroke@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·22 hours agoSure for physical things that need prototypes and materials. That is not a thing with software.
minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·20 hours agoDevelopment cost is still a thing with software.
minus-squareTheBlackLounge@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·13 hours agoYou sign NDAs with your testers and prototypers for that.
Sure for physical things that need prototypes and materials. That is not a thing with software.
Development cost is still a thing with software.
You sign NDAs with your testers and prototypers for that.