Freed At Last From Patents, Does Anyone Still Care About MP3?
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This was actually something I found interesting with the brief TikTok shutdown in the US. A lot of creators only had their content in the editing software owned by TikTok or the app itself, meaning they lost access to all of their content.
The biggest risk of cloud only setups is you don't own it.
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Apple broke metadata compatibility with a recent update. The podcast producer I know with an explicit AAC feed decided to just redirect to the MP3 feed. Unrelated to that, they also increased the MP3 bitrate for better audio quality. The increased file size doesn't really matter that much compared to 15 years ago and people without unlimited data can just set their automated syncs to WiFi only.
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but you could just throw away your car and build an open source car from source! isn't that better than using... MP3!?!?!
/j
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I hear you for sure. I very much prefer local software and saved files local as well. The problem is there's more money to be made doing it the other way. Unless it's FOSS you can pretty much count on the company to follow the money.
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Godamn this made my job feel secure
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I am very slightly annoyed that people haven't moved onto Opus which gives you better compression and quality than MP3. MP3s are still useful for any older devices that have hardware decoding like radio sets, handheld players, etc. Otherwise, every modern device should support Opus out of box.
Hilariously, x264 has the same problem where there are direct upgrades with H.265 and AV1, but the usage is still low due to lack of hardware accelerated encoding (especially AV1), but like everyone uses FLAC for the audio which is lossless lol.
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I think SW Republic Commando sounds were stored in Vorbis. Back then.
I use Opus when I rip something. It's been a long time since the last case. I've left FreeBSD for Linux and returned back to Linux again since then.
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Mp3 has been dead to me for nearly a decade. Flac is superior in every way.
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I just use ogg vorbis and vp9 in webm container, also webp for images. No proprietary nonsense in this house.
AV1 sucks on my hardware, but yes eventually. -
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I would say its more like 60hz refresh vs 90. The difference isn't super huge but when you notice it, you can't un-notice it, so it's almost better to stay ignorant to it.
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Having to rely on an internet connection for your main connection would be inconvenient as hell.
