Apparently #Toshiba rushed #HDDVD so hard to the market they literally released a #Pentium4-based #Linux box with a #Desktop #Drive as their first #Player...

• Any #veteran #KernelDevs and #FLOSS #Lawyers wanna pull a #BusyBox and beat the HD-DVD specs out of them in court?

Please, go ahead!

• And yes, #Microsoft prolonged the #FormatWar at the expense ob #bluray solely to get their #Streaming and #Download business off the ground.

So in the format war of blu-ray vs HD-DVD vs #HDVMD (yes you read right there existed a 3rd format, HD-VMD, that just tried to do absurd layer numbers to still use red lasers and be in theory cheaper to make discs and drives for!), the real winner are shitty Streaming Services like #Netflix and the like.

• Tho I still think #BitTorrent owns them all as #delistings and absurdly high #subscription fees and lack of #physical releases at reasonable prices resurged #piracy , but that's just me #ReadingTheRoom and saying the obvious thing noone wants to admit.

I just don't pirate so I can talk about it!

"We are about to see a #FormatWar, because #Bluesky and #Threads are built in different protocols, and not since Betamax X VHS have we seen a fight with so much at stake.
If we want a better future for #socialmedia, we might actually need better infrastructure for it, we might need some different ideas about usernames, and servers, and how things interoperate and interact.
It is a little bit wonky, but a better future is going to start with conversations like this."
https://pca.st/rl4kooce

NEW VIDEO:

This was produced for my TikTok channel, but I've also uploaded it to YouTube!

We all know about VHS vs. Beta and HD DVD vs. Blu-Ray, but did you know there was also a #FormatWar in American #radio #broadcasting, and it was more recent than you probably assumed? Learn more about how that went down in this video.

https://youtu.be/vQUFA9u4Yz4