Is anyone else upset by being forced to subscribe to Apple Music in order to play your own tunes?

cal125 wrote:

Thanks, I think that worked without subscribing me. The verbiage is confusing it shouldn't be under a title of Apple Music and then have lots of explanations about Apple Music but not iTunes.

I can't disagree with that.

cal125 wrote:

This is the screen I get. I have to agree to start listening via Apple Music to proceed. I have used the music app lots of times without this box coming up. It only appeared after I updated.

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/1164ad59-59ed-4b18-a31a-fc7c6a64ce65

That is the screen that appears after most updates and just clicking on Start Listening should continue to let you listen to your songs. Are you seeing an additional subscription screen when attempting to play a song?

It's been a long time since I first used the Music app but I would click on the "Start Listening" button. Nowhere on that screen does it say that you are agreeing to a subscription to Apple Music.

Also note the following from that screen:

I try to listen to my downloaded songs that I purchased yet they have a sneaky way of taking you to that same song but it is not the one that is downloaded, they try to trick you into subscribing.

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You can use the Music app on your Mac to listen to your own music library without subscribing to Apple Music. You can also purchase music from the iTunes Store and you can redownload previously purchased music.

See information in Apple Music User Guide for Mac - Apple Support

and in Buy music from the iTunes Store on your Mac - Apple Support

I'm not subscribed to Apple Music and I have no problem.

I'm using Sonoma 14.2.1 and it hasn't changed for me from what it was in previous versions of Sonoma or in the Music app going all the way back to macOS Catalina 10.15 when the Music app was first released.

Is this the first time you have used the Music app on your Mac? If so, Apple may be a bit more aggressive in their attempt to direct you to Apple Music.

Can you proved a screenshot of what you see. You can add the screenshot by using the "Image Insertion" icon at the bottom of the reply window in this forum (second icon from the right end). To take a screenshot, see: Take a screenshot - Apple Support