On: YouTube puts the final nail in the loudness wars' ...

[anentropic]

people will stop doing it though, if they can't get any advantage out of it. see also "Mastered for iTunes"

[kevincennis → anentropic]

I totally get your point, but I would argue that they've _never_ gotten any real advantage out of it. They just think they do.

I'm not sure that's going to stop. It's just the way that people think they have to do things. Cargo cult mastering techniques, basically.