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Re:Apple Music Announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio by StavrosK on Monday May 17, 2021 @10:21AM (#27183726)
> There is nothing special about the compression/quality as compared to a quality MP3 encoder

Really? From tests I did way back in the day, the quality was comparable at around half the size. It's a shame Vorbis support isn't widespread though, given that it's royalty-free. Let's hope Opus has a better fate.

Re:Apple Music Announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio by 45ure on Monday May 17, 2021 @11:33AM (#27184603)
>It's a shame Vorbis support isn't widespread though, given that it's royalty-free.

Spotify currently uses Ogg Vorbis on desktop and mobile, and AAC for the web player.

Re:Apple Music Announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio by skrause on Monday May 17, 2021 @10:59AM (#27184206)
MP3 is also royalty-free now and MP3 encoders are much better than they were 20 years ago.