Apple just confirmed to me that lossless audio is *exclusive to Apple Music.* Subscription required.
There won’t be an option to purchase tracks or albums in that quality, nor will it be offered with iTunes Match.
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So in summary, in one day, the streaming music industry has made lossless audio at $9.99 per month the new norm. Amazon got out ahead of Apple by mere minutes. theverge.com/2021/5/17/2244
Buying digital music is dead, etc. etc.
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I suspect the only thing that is "exclusive to Apple Music" is ALAC. The music will already be available from many services in FLAC.
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Oh, of course. Wasn’t trying to imply that lossless audio itself was exclusive 😂
Plus this lets HDTracks, Qobuz, etc. remain the spots to *buy* lossless tracks.
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Aw darn. Hopefully lossless purchases and possible upgrades for past purchases may happen eventually.
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Damn. At least Bandcamp has that option.
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Lol fuck music streaming. Ive owned most of my music forever I know it's crazy, but it's mine, is higher quality and I just throw it on Plex and it's available anywhere will all my other media. I've been snatching up any music files my friends have on old drives and it's glorious
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