why has apple gone to monthly subscription for streaming that cannot be saved to devices?
new monthly fees
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Do you mean Apple Music ? That is an optional subscription and, whilst you continue to subscribe to it, you can download music from it for offline listening : https://www.apple.com/uk/music/discover/
As an Apple Music member you can add anything from the Apple Music library — a song, an album or a video — to your collection. And that’s just the warm-up act. From there you can create the perfect playlist from anything you’ve added. You can download it for offline listening and take it on the road.