I’m standing at a bus stop right now, not bothering to fiddle with wires in the cold. So I’m not listening to podcasts when I normally would. I will get wireless headphones when my current set breaks down. I surely won’t notice bitrate difference on the bus anyway.
So I don’t know about the platform thing, but wireless wins in the end, always. Because bitrate is just one detail that isn’t so important anyway.
For similar reasons, I listen to a lot of music on my Sonos, even if it has poorer sound quality than my stereo. It’s just so convenient.
That's unfair to wired headphones. You could be at a bus stop and not bother to get the Airpods case out of your bag or pocket, put them in and then fiddle with your phone to start playing a podcast.
So I don’t know about the platform thing, but wireless wins in the end, always. Because bitrate is just one detail that isn’t so important anyway.
For similar reasons, I listen to a lot of music on my Sonos, even if it has poorer sound quality than my stereo. It’s just so convenient.