cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoFreed At Last From Patents, Does Anyone Still Care About MP3?hackaday.comexternal-linkmessage-square197fedilinkarrow-up1514arrow-down113
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minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day ago Opus is better in every way Except ubiquitousness. I can play an MP3 on any digital audio device made in the last 20 years.
minus-squareDavidDoesLemmy@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 hours agoTrue. All my devices support it, but many older ones may not.
minus-squarelambalicious@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·13 hours agoUbiquitousness is not an aspect of the codec, let alone a technical one. It’s yet another failure of capitalism.
Except ubiquitousness.
I can play an MP3 on any digital audio device made in the last 20 years.
True. All my devices support it, but many older ones may not.
Ubiquitousness is not an aspect of the codec, let alone a technical one. It’s yet another failure of capitalism.