They are archiving what they could get from Spotify and in this case what they could get was encoded in a lossy format to begin with.
It doesn’t get any “more” lossy over time just being stored as an .ogg
They are archiving what they could get from Spotify and in this case what they could get was encoded in a lossy format to begin with.
It doesn’t get any “more” lossy over time just being stored as an .ogg


It’s not the most welcoming read in terms of sci-fi but I love that book. That and its sequel (Echopraxia) do what sci-fi is supposed to do (make you think).
They didn’t encode/reencode anything with popularity>0.
What they are providing is the same as the available source.
They did reencode songs with popularity=0.