Essem 
MP3 is the GIF of audio codecs
Jen, Enbymilf@esm FLAC is the PNG. what is the JPEG?
n_to
eblu@esm what about Speex, an audio compression codec specifically tuned for the reproduction of human speech
atapi ❤️@esm where does OPUS fit
unnick@unnick @sterophonick in terms of strictly image formats, probably jpeg xl
uwu1ba@esm yep, similar quality and limitations
Polychrome 
@esm I figured GIF would be more something like VOC 
JDB@esm Does that mean you hate it?
NotLarry@esm But how is it pronounced? </troll>
beaiouns 
@esm for those wondering, it's pronounced Meppy-tray
Vincent Sparks(All of the below apply to GIF. ✅ and ❎ indicate whether they apply to MP3 as well.)
Been around since the 90s - ✅
Still in use in a distressing number of parts of the Internet despite widespread availability of much better codecs - ✅
Noticeably inferior to those codecs - ❎
Has a reputation for low quality - ✅
Has a reputation for low quality because the only thing people ever use it for nowadays is something it was never designed to do - ❎
Open source - ✅
Supported by everything under the sun - ✅
Originally designed to be either of those things - ❎❎❎
Lossless - ❎
Files are bloody massive for what they are - ❎❎❎
Really, REALLY lacking in features - not to my knowledge
Suffers from a thankfully relatively mild case of Extensible Format Syndrome™ - ✅
Synonymous in the common lexicon with any computer file that does what it does, regardless of the actual codec of that file - ✅
Conclusion: MOSTLY TRUE!
Frang 
@esm people argue about how to pronounce "MP3"?
MarkAssPandi@esm mp3 at least works okay tho
Luna Lactea@esm Then what is ogg?
@jackemled a container
@esm i fogrot🗿
Efi (nap pet) 🦊💤@esm *encodes an mp3 audio into a v9 video thru sstv and packs into a meta block of a png*