I’m an Apple addict, Apple Music subscriber, along with Qobuz.
I welcome their announcement but on this matter imho :
It’s long gone since they care for the crazy ones : they won’t allow high res purchases & limits iTunes Match to AAC, restricts to their sole products all the work they do on Apple Digital Masters and Dolby Atmos Music, killed airport express, removed optical out from Apple TV, puts efforts to erase headphone jack, etc.
It’s all about proposing an ever more appealing but closed environment, serving an ever higher position over competitors while already sitting on top, and certainly not in the direct intend of the greater good of humanity audiophiles.
If they care, I bet they’ll remove Roon from their equation rather than offer an opening.
I wish they would have a more open approach of their cleverness. Luckily, they haven’t embrace MQA.
PS : I guess Apple support for Sonos could be an antitrust thing
PPS : I also wonder, as highlighted by others earlier, if they do really care for lossless audio