centralized vs distributed; it's an outdated straw man. microsoft is ironically a proprietor the problems you get from misusing web tech in a centralized app (ie).
My immediate response was also "No! Airpod Max shouldn't be compared to most popular ANC headphones, they need to be compared to wired Focal or Hifiman!".
Yes, it matters. You're misusing POST in the first example.
C = POST R = GET U = PUT/PATCH D = DELETE
Doing anything else is an anti-pattern for interop on the web.