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Re:The 0.5 MB of nothing in all Apple Music files (2020) by nemacol on Thursday April 07, 2022 @09:53AM (#30944435)
Sure this 1.25gb:2500files is not massive - But if this little conspiracy theory is true it is easy to imagine them doing this sort of file padding in other systems as well. A little bit here and there adds up quick.

"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all."

Personally, I think it is likely the padding was created for future use. Maybe tagging or some other meta data.

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Re:The 0.5 MB of nothing in all Apple Music files (2020) by wbear on Thursday April 07, 2022 @05:47PM (#30950732)
They explain what the padding was used for and why it was initially introduced in the article. This isn't something that needs to be theorized on.
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Re:The 0.5 MB of nothing in all Apple Music files (2020) by Dylan16807 on Thursday April 07, 2022 @06:09PM (#30950926)
The article is only guessing at what 99% of the padding is there for.
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