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[–] twistedtxb@lemmy.ca 109 points 2 years ago (26 children)

Much like GIFs, MP3s will never go away.

Sure there are better alternatives, but widespread adoption over decades now is hard to gloss over.

[–] venusenvy47@reddthat.com 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Same with H264. I still have trouble getting H265 videos to play on all devices, so it's easier to stay with 264.

[–] LaggyKar@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago

Pretty much everything plays AAC though (unless it's some cheap mp3 player)

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