From my understanding, the only thing that will be locked behind AirPods is the spacial audio features.Please don’t lock it behind AirPods. Kinda defeats the purpose. Here is high quality audio but you need to listen to it on low quality hardware. Makes no sense.
also, put out a dedicated Music app for Windows? No, i’m not using iTunes and the web player sucks.
if Apple is seriously wanting to compete with Spotify they need to think about people who buy high end headphones, speakers, and the vast majority of people who use Windows.
i’ll see how things go but all i’ll say is i’m on my 3 month Apple Music trial and i’ll not hesitate going back to Spotify.
do you want my money or not Apple?
Those will require AirPods, and those will require an iPhone/iPad.
The Lossless tracks will play on anything though