BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days agoFirm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 millionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1236arrow-down1external-linkFirm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 millionwww.tomshardware.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square52linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareRedSnt ♾️🦋♂️👓🖥️@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·3 days agoRemember when Martin Shkreli was thrown in jail for hiking the price of medicine by 5555%? That was 2017, but when something like this happens in 2026 nobody bats an eye.
minus-squareParlimentOfDoom@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·3 days agoNo? He was arrested for securities fraud, not for increasing the price of medication. That’s why you’re not seeing anyone bat an eye now they didn’t then either.
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoMedicine is not a codec.
Remember when Martin Shkreli was thrown in jail for hiking the price of medicine by 5555%? That was 2017, but when something like this happens in 2026 nobody bats an eye.
No? He was arrested for securities fraud, not for increasing the price of medication.
That’s why you’re not seeing anyone bat an eye now they didn’t then either.
Medicine is not a codec.