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Freed At Last From Patents, Does Anyone Still Care About MP3?

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Freed At Last From Patents, Does Anyone Still Care About MP3?

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The MP3 file format was always encumbered with patents, but as of 2017, the last patent finally expired. Although the format became synonymous with the digital music revolution that started in the …

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Opus is better in every way

Except ubiquitousness.

I can play an MP3 on any digital audio device made in the last 20 years.
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  True. All my devices support it, but many older ones may not.
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  Ubiquitousness is not an aspect of the codec, let alone a technical one. It’s yet another failure of capitalism.

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