Well, given that Microsoft is on the list as well, 98% of all desktops are covered. The remaining 2% are welcome to purchase licensed third party codecs.<p>I don't want to sound offensive but just because some tiny portion of people would prefer a free/open solution, the large majority of the people (who actually use a commrecial OS and and don't really care about the whole thing just want YouTube working on their desktop) shouldn't be "punished".