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by icedchai 365 days ago
I never ran into this. I've never switched to to their streaming service and still use the iTunes app on my phone, which lets you download.
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Well my library was essentially destroyed by their actions. Albums that I own and ripped my damn self now have holes in them — all the wildly popular tracks on many of my albums are gone. The metadata still shows the track but it won’t play. The artwork I carefully curated was overwritten with unrelated junk albums, often $0.99 compilations that you might’ve found in a bargain bin 20 years ago. Even the data I created myself Apple felt zero issue with overwriting it themselves.

Oh and all my lossless got shit on.

Fuck me I guess??

Yeah but many albums are only available via streaming, not for purchasing outright.
When media companies refuse to sell me something, I take it as permission to sail the high seas for it