well, i am an audiophile myself and i do think having lossless out of principle is pretty reasonable, even if you can't tell the difference. especially with how fast the internet has gotten, we don't need to compress anymore. and with serious sets of headphones (even with DT770 pros) i can definetely tell a difference between an internal DAC and a 20€ external DAC. the better the components, the more expensive the product (plus audiophile tax).

edit: i read up on it and it turns out a properly compressed file is basically indistiguishable from an uncompressed one. (emphasis on "properly") so you may have a point, but if the people want FLACs, why not let them have them? and if you spend little money on audio equipment, good for you if you like it that way, but people are allowed to spend money on stuff.

Tidal brought FLAC this year, so this MQA critique doesn't really apply anymore.