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Don't need to rationalize it. I have no idea what you're talking about. Speaking as someone who worked in multimedia in the 90s it was the only game in town for five years, and then the least worst option until mpeg4. There was a period when wrapping flash around a video stream got you better browser support, but that's pretty much it.

I can understand hating iTunes and Safari for windows (both of which were, at some point, foisted on people installing QuickTime) but the basic QuickTime libraries, container format, etc. were top notch and remain the best option for working with time-based media.




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