Timmmmm wrote:
Ironically music by Seals & Crofts, as well as Simon & Garfunkel (all americans) also is only available for sale so there must be more to this than country of origin
According to your tag line, you are running Sequoia. That means that you are using the Music application. When you have selected "Home" in the sidebar of that application, there is a little row of tabs in the upper right part of the Music window that says where to do the search.
If I search the iTunes Store, I see prices, and buttons, for buying copies of the music which I would own – copies which would continue to work even if I stopped subscribing.

If I search Apple Music, I see songs that I can play without paying anything extra (above the subscription cost).
