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[–] WolfLink 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is patented and requires a license for legal use.

[–] WolfLink 1 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I mean so is MP3. If you really want to be a non-proprietary purist you need to rely on Opus for a lossy audio compression, which is not as widely supported in music players as MP3 or AAC.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

MP3's licenses and patents have expired.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

@WolfLink @grey_maniac The MP3 patents are no longer valid...