Buy music after cancelling Apple Music

Hello,

A little while ago I cancelled Apple Music and was very annoyed to find most music disappear. They didn't simply become unplayable, I wasn't prompted to buy. Everything was just deleted. Does that still happen?

I'm now wanting to again cancel or pause my subscription and buy music, but I would like to avoid a repeat of losing everything. Will everything still disappear if I cancel now, or has Apple realised it's better to make it unplayable until purchased or resubscribed? Is there anything at any point (perhaps in the "Songs" view that identifies a song as purchased or not? I've enabled the "Purchase Date" column which might be the answer but I was just hoping for something without adding an extra column.

I have as a precaution exported my Apple Music Library and some favourite playlists.

Thank you for your help.

Ian