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Apple Music has a match feature, but from what I understand the songs include DRM. iTunes Match is DRM-free.

• EricE 6y ago
  Which if you are maintaining a subscription to Apple Music, the DRM thing really doesn't matter. I still made a backup of everything before turning Match off :)
  • mkskm 6y ago
    It does when music gets taken off the catalog, which happens pretty frequently in my experience.
    • EricE 6y ago
      Yes, but I have not had stuff that dropped off Apple music drop off my library that was previously matched. Now whether I could, say, rip a CD, match it and it would stay forever like it did with Match - that is an interesting question.
      • snowwrestler 6y ago
        This is THE reason I have stuck with iTunes Match and not bought into Apple Music. I have a hard time believing that Apple Music--as a product and team within Apple--cares about music I've ripped and uploaded, and will persist it properly over time. In contrast, handling that job correctly is the entire purpose of iTunes Match. Even if it is essentially abandonware within Apple, as long as it keeps working I will use it.