Q: Apple Music on Sonos - how to get it.

The problem was trying to actually finish creating an Apple account. I never got the conformation email, nor any message that my application for one had errors.

After searching for a long time for a solution, I give up. Apple only tells me to download iTunes, which I have no use for, never have. If that's a requirement for Apple Music, it's a no go. I don't need another useless program on my PC.

I just checked. The Apple Music 3-month free trial signup page for Apple Music has only one link and that's to download the iTunes setup exe file for Windows. Every attempt to sign up using Sonos and my Android phone has failed. It's not worth a lot more effort. The other streaming services work fine without a lot of Apple's drama.

That's where I started. I finally got the ability to change the password. Turns out I had an Apple account from 12 years ago. I finally got to the change password page. I logged in and changed the 12 year old info to current (address, credit card, etc.). I then tried to do the Apple Music free trail. I logged in, and the username and password failed, so I went back a page. Apple had changed. on its own, the domain of my email from .net to .met. I edited it to the correct thing and entered the password again. Same thing, it changed my email for no reason.

I called Apple and spent over an hour on the phone with them. They are clueless. I asked to delete my account so I could start over. No, cannot do that. It lives forever.. They tried a dozen attempts to fix it, telling me to do the same thing I'd already done numerous times. I have deleted the Apple Music app from my Android phone. I have access to several other music streaming providers (Google, Spotify, Tidal, etc), all of which I have tried and all of which work flawlessly, with a very simple sign up procedure. I think Apple isn't serious about getting Android user business and the $10 a month that comes with it.

I really appreciate your attempts to help, but I'm not prepared to deal with their ineptness further. It can't be that much better than the other options.

I finally got it to work. No you don't need to download iTunes or iCloud. I have no use for either of these. You just need to request resending the confirmation email for change of password until it actually appears.