[00:02] <jrwren> you realize AAC has nothing to do with apple, right?
[00:03] <jrwren> just like AVC aka h264 is advanced vido codec, AAC is Advanced Audio Coding.
[00:03] <jrwren> mp3 is mpeg1 layer3 audio. AAC is MPEG-2 Part 7.
[00:04] <jrwren> and later MPEG-4 Part 3
[00:05] <jrwren> it was literally designed to replace mp3.
[00:24] <cmaloney> I didn't know that
[00:24] <cmaloney> but it also seems that Apple is the primary platform that uses it
[00:24] <cmaloney> (likely in part because of the patents that are still in effect)
[13:11] <jrwren> I dunno if it is true that apple is primary platform that uses it.
[13:11] <jrwren> all platforms use it because all mp4 streams use it.
[13:11] <jrwren> every major OS and browser supports it.
[13:13] <cmaloney> Not saying that it's exclusive, rather that it's the one that I most strongly associate with it
[13:14] <cmaloney> (I can be wrong)
[13:14] <cmaloney> (it has happened before, much to everyone's surprise and dismay)
[14:09] <jrwren> apple seems to promotes it more than others.
[15:57] <dzho> I love how Fraunhofer ran a licensing program for mp3 up until the bitter end and then it was "oh, that? yeah, there are better things you can use now [that are still covered by some patents we own] so use that!"
[15:57] <dzho> https://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/en/ff/amm/consumer-electronics/mp3.html
[15:58] <jrwren> YUP
[15:58] <jrwren> fuck softare patents.
[17:53] <cmaloney> no arguments here. ;)