Why is there no Apple Music Connect service

None here in this user to user community can answer the "Why?" questions that get posed.

Apple does what Apple does and are famously tight lipped about the reasoning behind the decisions.

If you wish, you can leave product feedback or submit a request for features consideration in macOS using this link: Product Feedback - Apple

paulvolker wrote:

Yes - I realise all this and the same question was sent to Apple feedback in the first instance.

I asked it here as well to see if anyone else had similar thoughts.

When audio bit-rate questions arise, my opinions are somewhere between irrelevant and unwelcome, so I’ll exit this thread here.

paulvolker wrote:

Yes - I realise all this and the same question was sent to Apple feedback in the first instance.

I asked it here as well to see if anyone else had similar thoughts.

Feedback is the correct action to take. This is a support site, not a Social Media site for discussions on any of our thoughts.

Both services each have their own features and it would be recommended here to choose whichever service best meets your needs.

The “why?” questions are for Apple, not us. As was mentioned in an earlier reply.

Here is what is available: About lossless audio in Apple Music - Apple Support