Linus argues that the lack of support for lossless audio in AirPods Max is not a significant issue because standard consumer headphones are not intended for audiophile-grade listening.

“and here's my hot take who gives a sh you want to talk talk us through this one luke uh sure apple's 549 airpod max won't support their new lossless service rolling out in june”

Luke contends that in a blind test, most users would struggle to differentiate between lossless and lossy audio, even with capable equipment.

“i mean i don't necessarily expect to get the full bang of the buck out of lossless quality from airpods max and i would kind of argue that if you did a blind taste test most people couldn't tell the difference between lossless and loss files even on setups where you probably could tell the differenc”