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Will most people notice a difference in sound or does it depend on the hardware used to listen?

Its been shown in many studies that if you do a proper blind ABX listening test, people prefer AAC to the lossless audio file 50% percent of the time.  In other words, people simply can't hear the difference.  You'd be waisting your money paying more for a lossless audio service.  

If you're still skeptical, you can try it yourself.
 
https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/06/02/411473508/how-well-can-you-hear-audio-qualityrogifan_new said:

Android phones helping iPhone sales?  Evidence doesn't support that: