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Because I don't want it to take up too much space? My phone has a ton of storage but I would still rather not spend tons of it at a time...
Store the original library as FLAC, then transcode on-the-fly (or once if you don't want to use something like Navidrome or Jellyfin).
This is pure elitism refusing to see another point of view though. FLAC is an excellent format, but it is a format that doesn't meet everyone's needs.
Ye, when outdoors in my wireless headphones, I won't even hear the difference.
I'm not arguing in the slightest that FLAC shows an audible difference in most cases for most tracks. However, it just makes sense as an archival format given it's lossless which means you can transcode to any other format without generational loss.
This means if there is a massive breakthrough in lossy compression in the future, I can use it for mobile purposes. If you store as lossy, you're stuck with whatever losses have been incurred, forever.
Plex. I've had my whole personal collection available to stream for a long time now.
I only waste space with downloaded tracks if I know my drive is going to take me offline.
Having to rely on an internet connection for your main connection would be inconvenient as hell.
How? It's never failed me once. It's literally just like Spotify except my own collection.
There's a reason I don't use Spotify. Well, there are multiple reasons I don't use Spotify, but one of them is because I live in an area where stable cell tower connections aren't a given.