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Freed At Last From Patents, Does Anyone Still Care About MP3? (hackaday.com)
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[–] thejml@lemm.ee 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you’re building a music library, and you’re NOT using some sort of lossless format, I’d love to know why.

Because MP3 is the only thing my car stereo, my wife’s car stereo and my daughter’s book shelf system will reliably read. Sometimes they’ll work with an m4a, but it’s hit or miss.

Now I always rip to FLAC & MP3, but other than local listening, it tends to be all MP3’s that get used.

[–] jdeath@lemm.ee 12 points 3 days ago

but you could just throw away your car and build an open source car from source! isn't that better than using... MP3!?!?!

/j