> Compression is something added after the fact, for transit and storage. The artist doesn't really have control over what sort of artifacts lossy compression is going to add, so I don't see how "not enough [compression] will reduce the impact the song has on the listener."

This conversation isn't about file compression, it's about dynamic range compression. Very different.

https://www.izotope.com/en/learn/what-is-audio-compression.h...