[tomkwok]

> Because trying to find those is literally impossible.

Well, 'nearly' impossible. Google 'FLAC streaming service' and you'll find tidal.com. I don't know if there's any other. If you don't pay for music downloads, then finding them isn't a problem [1] but rather troublesome.

Most people don't know FLAC exists and they don't care about sound quality. Take a look at the top 100 music torrents on thepiratebay [2]. None of them is FLAC.

[1]: https://thepiratebay.gd/top/104

[2]: https://thepiratebay.gd/top/101

[rakoo]

Qobuz (http://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/plans/music-streaming-subscriptio...) does FLAC streaming, but it seems to be Europe-only, for some reason.

[XorNot]

Conversely I've never had any trouble finding Flac-encoded torrents of any track I've wanted. There's just no way to pay the artist (usually) for them, because for some reason record companies think CD sales are worth protecting.

[bitJericho]

So buy the cd and encode that?

[njloof]

For back catalog that's often cheaper than buying the tracks online. Why pay $9.99 for an album I can get used for $6?