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The Google Music Manager program just transcodes FLAC to 320kbps MP3 before uploading.

https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/1100462?hl=en

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The one thing I know, though, they require FLAC upload for their commercial music distribution service.

It's actually better than some place, which actually requires a physical CDDA ROM...

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Oh, didn't see that. Thanks for clarification!