The problem is that the MP3 format is so ubiquitous. It's so easy to just provide an MP3 when someone needs a compressed format. FLAC (and Ogg Vorbis, APE, etc) may be superior but there's still an element of uncertainty with respect to codecs, player compatibility etc. Especially in commercial players, car stereos, etc. MP3's just work. Suck but work. LOL.

Hope your right though - would love to see broad acceptance of FLAC.

mcourter
..... And then, they rejected 3 credit cards that are perfectly good when I tried to buy it. .....

If your credit card is good and your banks says the transaction was approved and cleverbridge says it was declined you have to call the 800 number for cleverbridge. They will ask permission to submit the charge on your behalf. Tell them okay and all will be good. They can't see your personal info or credit card number. If you want to force the issue go back and forth with them with 8 or 9 emails and then indulge hours of phone support have at it. It is possibly the only thing that will motivate them to address the issue. Their phone support is very good other than they can't solve the problem without resubmitting the charge on their end. :-)