Back when Nginx started, Apache was the only alternative and a big pain in the ass. That’s how it became popular.

FLAC is supposed to be way smaller: https://hbfs.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/looking-at-flac-compression-ratios/

I use Opus at 192 kbps. It’s overkill but it should be almost perfect and has the size of an MP4.

I’m also curious to know why. I’ve used SVN for years, and I got the biggest relief when git or Mercurial appeared.