Yup, I expect h.264 (usually paired with AAC) will remain as the lowest common denominator distribution format for video for years or decades to come, just like mp3 for loose audio and PNG and JPEG for images.

So sorta like the Spotify family subscriptions, where up to six people in one household can share a subscription, costing 1¾ times the cost of a regular premium subscription, but each user has their own Spotify account.

They're talking about penal labour, not the prison sentence itself.