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by randomslob 3491 days ago
Base64 is widespread and works fine, while nobody groks base122.

Base122 requires UTF-8, and while that's pretty common, it's not universal, so base64 can't ever go away in favor of base122.

Compressed base64 is more efficient than base122 (with or without compression).

Conclusion: Big nope.