I mean I can play FLAC on my iPhone if I want to...but I'd rather just drop some files that I don't have to post-process in some way onto an app and have them magically appear on all my devices. That's the future and we have it today.
Even Bandcamp figured this out and gives me the option to choose the type of download that best suits me, and I buy much music from there. If Cindy Lee had put this album out on their Bandcamp page on a Bandcamp Friday, with the included choice of formats, it would be better for everybody. But of course that wouldn't have garnered any press about an unorthodox method of distribution.
All that to say: a zip of FLACs on a no-frills website is definitely not the future of music, regardless of "platform".
Even Bandcamp figured this out and gives me the option to choose the type of download that best suits me, and I buy much music from there. If Cindy Lee had put this album out on their Bandcamp page on a Bandcamp Friday, with the included choice of formats, it would be better for everybody. But of course that wouldn't have garnered any press about an unorthodox method of distribution.
All that to say: a zip of FLACs on a no-frills website is definitely not the future of music, regardless of "platform".