[jeffwask]

It's not as applicable to music but I have DVD/Blueray rips from 10 years ago that look like dogshit now that would necessitate a re-rip from original. If you download it and it's later removed from from that platform now you have no access to the original and are stuck with your lower quality copy. If you are ripping it, you need to keep all the original physical media which kinda defeats the purpose.

The promise of digital media was permanent access to a library that grew and updated with the technology. If I'm streaming a show I don't need to have 720, 4k, ultrawide versions, that's taken care of. New formats are added as they are developed.