Kirk McElhearn on lossless music streaming

Kirk McElhearn:

Lossless music streaming is becoming a thing. A small company, Tidal, that started out in Norway, which offers lossless streaming, was recently purchased by one Jay-Z, even though it has a few users. It has just announced that it will be expanding its service to a total of 30 countries.

The French company Deezer, which offers Deezer Elite, a lossless streaming service, is expanding this to 150 countries. And the French Qobuz has been offering lossless streaming for a while, but hasn’t yet spread very far.

So what does all this mean? Is lossless streaming a good thing? What are the pros and cons of streaming lossless music?

Interesting read.