Comment by forgotpwd16

Am I the only one that thought this is an old article by the title? AV1 is now 10 years old and AV2 has been announced for year-end release few months ago. If anything the news is that AV1 powers only 30% by now. At least HEVC, released about the same time, has gotten quite popular in warez scene (movies/TV/anime) for small encodes, whereas AV1 releases are still considered a rarity. (Though to be fair 30% Netflix & YT means AV1 usage in total is much higher.) Will've expected a royalty-free codec to've been embraced more but seems its difficulty for long time to be played on low power devices hindered its adoption.