don’t know where [everyone writing about this] gets their information. Here’s a source from which I’d argue that compression is still very useful (are we really that elite?):
The US lags behind the rest of the world due to it's insistence on capitalism uber alles. Performance per community and cost per connection varies a great deal here, but MQA is an elite product. It's not for your average buyer of ear buds, so I think I'm safe saying that if I can stream Netflix 4k I don't need compression for music, and therefore, for the target audience, MQA's compression is a non-value.