You are confusing “186 million unique ISRCs” with “86 million music files”.
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octoshrimpy@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
186 million. Not 86 million. There’s 100 million difference there.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
That’s rich given the source blog says “86 million music files” the paragraph after saying 186 million ISRCs. You apparently read less of it than The Register’s writer did.