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by ulfw 583 days ago
What streaming service even does 128kb/s? Youtube is the only one that comes to mind and that's for free usage only. Paid accounts get 256kbit AAC

Spotify uses OGG Vorbis codec and streams at 160 kbps at standard bitrate and 320 kbps at high quality

In addition to AAC, the entire Apple Music catalog is now also encoded using ALAC in resolutions ranging from 16-bit/44.1 kHz (CD Quality) up to 24-bit/192 kHz

Amazon Prime Music at 256 kbps

That's about 99% of the streaming music market people actually use

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Tidal, SoundCloud, Deezer, and Bandcamp offer lossless support.