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Re:The 0.5 MB of nothing in all Apple Music files (2020) by Cupprum on Thursday April 07, 2022 @08:49AM (#30943739)
> In 2022, we shouldn't be reserving any area of a file as 'spare space' like this.

I completely understand your point, but maybe it would be a breaking change.

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Re:The 0.5 MB of nothing in all Apple Music files (2020) by londons_explore on Thursday April 07, 2022 @09:11AM (#30943962)
It wouldn't be. This spare space is entirely optional in the file format specification, and it's up to the tool that makes the file if it wants to include it or not.
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