The author of Ogg wrote a reply to that article: https://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/lj-pseudocut/o-response-1.html https://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/lj-pseudocut

The author of Ogg wrote a reply to that article: https://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/lj-pseudocut/o-response-1.html https://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/lj-pseudocut/o-response-1.... Anyway, I highly doubt the design of the Ogg container had anything to do with the popularity of Vorbis vs MP3 - most users of Vorbis used the Ogg container, and some of the criticisms in the original article apply to MP3 (ever tried to seek a VBR MP3 file?)