[IDEA] Sony LDAC Bluetooth Codec Support

[Miss Sissy Princess]

According to this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDAC_(codec) the LDAC encoder apparently is Open Source licensed but the decoder is proprietary. This means that devices that receive and decode an LDAC stream require a license from Sony.

I would prefer to see moOde only incorporate standards that are fully open and not encumbered by patents, NDAs, trademarks, and licensing fees.

If Sony won't make LDAC™ an open standard, then let it go the way of other Sony proprietary standards (yes, I know Sony partnered with other companies on some of them) like ATRAC, Elcaset, DAT, MiniDisc, Betamax, MemoryStick, UMD (Universal Media Disc), and Super Audio CD (SACD).

None of this, found on Sony's website, is good for consumers or healthy competition in the marketplace: