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atomi
Microsoft is trying real hard to make Edge successful. Competition really does wonders for innovation.
derf_
This isn't innovation. AC-3 is almost 20 years old, and wasn't very good even for the time (it was designed for high-bandwidth optical discs). Dolby Digital Plus is an extension whose primary purpose is to extend their patent licensing regime.

Innovation would have been using Opus (full disclosure: I'm one of the authors of Opus).

kropotkinlives
Am I the only one that doesn't like anything that Dolby has been near? Sounds 'wrong'.
fl0wenol
Whenever I think of Dolby anything I think of that noise reduction filter they used for cassette tapes.

I think of cassette tape hiss.

Or I think of the hot mess that is movie audio standards and home theatre playback.

Not things I would want to associate with my innovative browser.

cleverjake
You don't want browsers to add features that you personally have an unscientific bias against?