There’s one other reason you’d want iTunes Match instead of or in addition to Apple Music that I’ve not yet seen mentioned: DRM. If you use Apple Music exclusively, you always get DRM, whether or not you uploaded your content. This is problematic if you routinely rely on syncing to other devices or playing in other players or libraries over the network. I no longer use Apple Music, but I think Match is good enough for that reason alone. You get the same content matching, but no DRM, and the convenience of being able to have an infinite library on any device, wherever it is. Of course, if your library can fit onto your device, the case for Match disappears, as is currently my case. Also notable: Match upgrades your content to 256 Kbps AAC; it also *downgrades* lossless quality to that format. You should not rely on Match or Music as a backup, just as a convenience. Finally, don’t forget Home Sharing, the feature that’ll let you stream content from your Mac or PC to your iOS devices and other Macs, including your music library at any quality. Unfortunately, it only allows streaming to iOS; you can’t download to your device this way. You still need Match if you want that—an absurd limitation, but there it is. The only way to get music onto your iOS device without Match or an Apple Music subscription remains iTunes syncing, with USB or over Wi-Fi.
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