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Not at all surreal when you keep in mind that the world turns on money. From that point of view MP3 is indeed dead.
by Santosh83 9y ago
Not at all surreal when you keep in mind that the world turns on money. From that point of view MP3 is indeed dead.
- the8472 9y agoDepends on whose money. For anyone who does not profit from those patents (>99.99% of the world) they'll save licence fees, which would mean more money for them.
- ygaf 9y agoI think his implication is that patentholders encourage the support/use of the format, abstract as it is (a concrete example being PC vendors obliged to sell windows machines only).
- ygaf 9y agoI see your point, but like the author I think mp3 has plenty of inertia even from this point in time. Even if I overestimate mp3 usage nowadays, those other journos are getting ahead of themselves.