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A guided tour through ID3 esoterica (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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Is This a Culmination of Just Failed Dreams?

The ID3 spec writers, they had a lot of vision for where it could go and they were just way off. The usefulness of these features is just not there. Spotify slash Apple Music backing their entire play counts and ratings by modifying their MP3 files because what they're doing is they're introducing bloat into their network fees. We really couldn't choose the right now, so we just gave it two.

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