[kevin_thibedeau]

They're needed if you want proper digital copies for gapless album playback. You can't trust anybody to get that right.

[jdiff]

Apple seems to do that reasonably right in my limited experience.

[selectodude]

Apple fixed gapless playback in iTunes like 20 years ago.

[interloxia]

Amazon music has gap problems today. In 2025.

[lukan]

And I remember winamp could do this way earlier.