[koenvdb]

To be fair, most people using an iPhone don't download music onto their phones but instead just use Spotify/Apple Music/whatever other music service is hot at the moment. It still sucks, but this is a fairly specific usecase imo.

[RHSeeger]

For anyone that isn't on an unlimited data plan, being able to play music located on the device is critical.

[wilsonnb3]

All of the major streaming apps let you download songs for offline playback

[RHSeeger]

It seems that for Spotify it's only premium that allows for download for offline playback.