Oh, I get that, but I still see the MP3 format sticing around perhaps longer than it should. 50 years? No. 20 more years? 10 more years? Most likely. It'll be phased out when a compression routine comes out that can really cut down on file size without any quality loss, and when the industry picks up on that format. A new format won't mean anything unless the portable players can play it or if the general public won't adopt it(hence, OGG's seeming failure).
FLAC files are still being traded heavily even though they're roughly 5X the file size, all because "quality" obsessed types are a bit picky. Not that portable players handle them but people with big home theater systems want to squeeze that extra few percent out of their speakers.
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FLAC files are still being traded heavily even though they're roughly 5X the file size, all because "quality" obsessed types are a bit picky. Not that portable players handle them but people with big home theater systems want to squeeze that extra few percent out of their speakers.