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  Unfortunately, it seems like HEVC is becoming a web video standard. Convenient for media servers, but not for the open-ness of the web. HEVC is a proprietary patented license. Most browsers only support it if hardware accelerated video decode support exists (and support in Firefox is WIP), requiring users of old hardware to upgrade or buy a license. https://caniuse.com/?search=hevc

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  The fact they’re backtracking so many times makes it seem like their lawyers didn’t do a good job making sure the rules complied to the DMA. https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/12/iphone-app-store-changes-web-distribution-more/

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  Watched both Dune movies today. Didn’t feel like 5 hours.

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  playing Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney

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  Seems like Threads is testing federation. Last time I tried it, I had to block 40 AI-generated content ("AI art", according to some) accounts. That left a bad impression.

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  Spotify now finally has a miniplayer, nice.

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  https://youtube.com/watch?v=k8AJfmyurWo

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  Finally finished Frieren. Great show, hopefully we’ll see more seasons.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTUMNtKQLl8 A 51-minute journey of someone trying to run .NET Framework on Windows 95.