After revolutionizing the music industry, the MP3 is officially dead
The MP3 file format, the one that helped the iPod become a mainstream and iconic device, is now officially dead.
According to a new report via NPR, the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits has stopped providing licenses for MP3 technology, noting that more superior audio formats have rendered the MP3 obsolete. Speaking to NPR, the Fraunhofer Institute said AAC has since become the "de facto standard for music download and videos on mobile phones."
A statement on the matter reads:
We thank all of our licensees for their great support in making mp3 the de facto audio codec in the world, during the past two decades.
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