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Re:Why xHE-AAC is being embraced at Meta by dehrmann on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @02:17AM (#35535664)
> Phone speakers

Hmm... You could detect the output type (built-in speakers, headphones, bluetooth) and change the audio quality accordingly.

Re:Why xHE-AAC is being embraced at Meta by oefrha on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @03:17AM (#35536053)
The phone speaker mention is a response to gp’s claim that “phone speakers aren’t good enough to notice”, which is not true. We’re not talking about 128k aac vs lossless here.