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Freed At Last From Patents, Does Anyone Still Care About MP3? (hackaday.com)
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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Opus is better in every way

Except ubiquitousness.

I can play an MP3 on any digital audio device made in the last 20 years.

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 days ago

True. All my devices support it, but many older ones may not.

[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 day ago

Ubiquitousness is not an aspect of the codec, let alone a technical one. It's yet another failure of capitalism.