[chadlavi]

> even before I've typed anything there are "trending" recommendations

How is that an ad?

> As soon as I click to make the search active it defaults to Apple Music, instead of Your Library.

How is that an ad? The apple music app defaults to searching the apple music service.

> Other times I accidentally press the heart icon at the bottom thinking it's my favorites but it's an ad is are "browse"

I don't even know what that sentence means but that's the "for you" recommendations section. Even if it doesn't work if you don't pay for Apple Music, how is that an ad? This is a gated feature.

I agree that it doesn't sound like the apple music app is a good experience for you, but none of those are ads.

[asiachick]

Recommending something I have to pay for not on my phone is an ad by almost any definition of ads. When I go to google and search I get many recommendations which are ads. All of the results in the Music app are links to sign up for Apple Music. That's an ad. If those recommendations were only for music on my phone they would not be ads. If those recommendations were just for random webpages that contain related music they would not be ads. But as a non-subscriber to Apple Music they are all ads for Apple Music.