It's satire. In some ways, the reasoning that led Google to drop support for H.264, if taken to extremes, could be used to support the logic of dropping IPv4. I was merely pointing out, in a funny way, the parallel between the two situations, and the absurdity of the original H.264 decision.

For another example of related satire, see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2095993, which got 59 upvotes and made the front page.