I hear this a lot. I find it always leaves me bemused.

The main time I want music is at times when I can't stream: for instance, when travelling, especially when on planes.

I specifically want my own music for when I don't have internet. When I do have internet, I mostly listen to digital radio.

I have no streaming accounts with anyone, except free accounts. I do not have any payment method set up on my Apple account, and I never have in the ~28 years I had the account. I don't pay for wifi or other additional connectivity, either.

I keep a local library of MP3s on my phones, and videos on my set-top computer. I use Foobar for music on my phone, and VLC for video on my STB.

It's a bit odd to me that what was hi-tech is now almost Luddite in its refusal of novelty.

I really don't see how paying subscriptions for access to stuff that I don't own is any kind of improvement.

There are times when songs from streaming platforms go away or I get somehow reminded of one very old song from some unknown band that's still somewhere on my hard disk, that I think about going back. I love to have all my songs in one single playlist and then just have them on random. I remember having that from my saved files and then some of those very rare songs come up every now and then. It feels somewhat magical. There are a handful of songs that barely any people know, but they trigger some very nice memories.

I think soon (tm) I'll go back. Yes, streaming is convenient, but the algorithm is just unable to recommend me such rare treasures