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Surprised that FF removing a codec broke a P2P video app and a bank hardware OTP

7 pointsby ArneBab5 months ago
From recent release notes:¹<p>&gt; Chrome removed Theora support in 2024 and Firefox followed suit in version 130 (which broke brasilian banking OTPs: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bugzilla.mozilla.org&#x2F;show_bug.cgi?id=1930548 ).<p>¹ https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hyphanet.org&#x2F;freenet-hyphanet-build-1499-privacy-networking-css-ux-cleanups.html<p>Who caught the craze to think that killing the first libre video codec that got traction on the web could be a good idea?

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