
Why don't Apple offer high quality downloads via the iTunes Store? I assume it's to keep people locked into the subscription model forever, but they could achieve that by making high quality download purchases only available to subscribers. Not the same CD-quality lossless or high-res that Apple Music offers via the streaming sub. So, I'd like to start buying high quality music albums digitally.Īs I started to research this I've now realised that all music purchases on iTunes Store are still in lossy MP3/AAC format. It's old tech and I no longer have anything decent to play CDs on (the X Box does it but not particularly well). I've concluded that in the era of CD-quality lossless and high-res music, that reverting to CDs is not the answer.

However, I'm keen to own music that I particularly like, rather than only rent it via streaming.

As part of that the entire family enjoy using Apple Music streaming amongst it's other services. I subscribe to Apple One Premier family plan.
