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• Free formats have the same or better quality compared with proprietary ones like MP3 or Flash.
• You can share media files across P2P and different operating systems, and it will work on those computers because the specification of the formats are open.
• No matter your needs, be it music, speech, video, playlists, or slideshows: open media will cover them.
• If you help spread the word, then you will see more support and compatibility in portable players, which will benefit everyone.
• You can buy music or videos online, and they won't be crippled with DRM.
• You can use, modify, and distribute Free software for open formats without needing permission from (or paying royalties to) software patent holders.
• You can save your bandwidth in case you author podcasts or stream content, and those will have better quality than when using proprietary formats.
• The more people that use open media, the better formats you can expect in the future, so if you use open media you are making the world a little bit of a better place.