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by lclarkmichalek 5344 days ago
Nothing much? People with lossless collections in FLAC are likely to continue building them in FLAC. And if they switch over to AAC, then there is no loss. With free lossless audio codecs, everyone wins.
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Samuel_Michon 5344 days ago
ALAC ≠ AAC

ALAC : AAC : : FLAC : MP3

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wollw 5344 days ago
Your point that ALAC != AAC is true and all but a better comparison would probably be

ALAC : AAC :: FLAC : Ogg Vorbis

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Samuel_Michon 5344 days ago
Agreed.
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