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by BuddhaSource 5342 days ago
A successor to MP3.

We know there are better formats than MP3 today but getting mass adoption is difficult. Open source ALAC will give birth to new 3rd party supporting players, not to mention apple products already supports it & we have higher chances of mass adoption.
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rsynnott 5342 days ago
No, AAC was a successor to MP3, about a decade ago. This is a lossless format, so not really suitable for the same roles.
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chrishenn 5342 days ago
It doesn't make sense to use ALAC on mobile players. It's lossless so the file size is huge — you can't tell the difference between an ALAC file and whatever is sold in the iTunes store on a mobile device. Especially when the storage space is so little.
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