People that like to own their digital music in the Western World are generally not storing the files in mp3.
Where outside the West are you seeing many people that are specifically storing audio files in mp3 (vs just streaming/ storing in a better digital format/storing physical media)?
I live in SEA and most people here are not storing their own mp3s. Most people don't have computers at all – they have budget Android phones that don't have much built-in storage. What they do have is cheap internet, so they are either using Spotify (Free)/YouTube/etc. Many people still use CDs (mostly in cars) but those aren't mp3 either.
> People that like to own their digital music in the Western World are generally not storing the files in mp3.
Sure they do. I know them personally. They don't even know what FLAC is. Buy music on bandcamp, download as mp3. A format known to them since the beginning of the 21st century.
> Where outside the West are you seeing many people that are specifically storing audio files in mp3 (vs just streaming/ storing in a better digital format/storing physical media)?
I feel like the whole former East Block is doing just that. Been to Egypt last year. They share that stuff all over the place.
Where outside the West are you seeing many people that are specifically storing audio files in mp3 (vs just streaming/ storing in a better digital format/storing physical media)?
I live in SEA and most people here are not storing their own mp3s. Most people don't have computers at all – they have budget Android phones that don't have much built-in storage. What they do have is cheap internet, so they are either using Spotify (Free)/YouTube/etc. Many people still use CDs (mostly in cars) but those aren't mp3 either.