[Retric]

Take it as a lesson about SaaS and closed ecosystems in general not just Apple.

Any dependencies on 3rd parties can be broken at any time without recourse be that Steam, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Apple, or less obvious services on smart devices.

[schnatterer]

True! If read before about similar cases with other SaaS, e.g. the famous one about google drive: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/22/google-cs...

Difficult to avoid though for some cases like streaming. Fortunately I had a backup of my playlists. Still annoying. I wonder if those kinds of things happen with spotify as well. Because once your subscription ends you're only relegated to a free account, not deleted.