That you think you might later re-encode is absolutely an argument for lossless formats. I'm not arguing that there's no use for lossless formats. The comments I was originally replying to was questioning why they're not universal. The reason they're not universal is because you need a special reason for them to make any sense.
> This seems rude.
I meant it tautologically: literally the definition of useless is a difference which has no measurable impact.
Re:FLAC – Format overview
by Cupertino95014 on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @11:26AM
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> This seems rude
As the recipient: I've decided to cut @wheels some slack. You should, too. It's difficult to tell whether your online interlocutor is really a jerk, or just guilty of occasional jerk-seeming behavior. Who of us can say they've never done the latter?
I don't have great hearing, and I don't try to pretend to hear the difference between one well-enoded lossy file and the next. I can't.
However, audio that's been through multiple lossy encoding steps is generally not good.
This seems rude.