Apple Music Transfer Tool for Switching From Spotify Now Available in US and 8 Other Countries

[stormchasejg]

Interesting...

I had read this https://support.apple.com/en-us/118283 and thought that "cancelling" would mean losing the library.

Nope once you cancel you don’t lose your library only lose access to Apple Music content they all stay in the same places but you can’t play them without resubscribing, there has need a few periods when I’ve paused my subscription over the years and everything just comes back again when I pay.
It doesn’t cost them much to keep the database file for your library for when you return and it’s much better for customer’s satisfaction to leave it all intact.
I will admit that article definitely needs some further clarification as I definitely shared similar concerns before I did it.

 

[ryanmp]

Nope once you cancel you don’t lose your library only lose access to Apple Music content they all stay in the same places but you can’t play them without resubscribing, there has need a few periods when I’ve paused my subscription over the years and everything just comes back again when I pay.
It doesn’t cost them much to keep the database file for your library for when you return and it’s much better for customer’s satisfaction to leave it all intact.
I will admit that article definitely needs some further clarification as I definitely shared similar concerns before I did it.

Thanks, huge help! I currently have 3 different Apple accounts across three countries because of this. Will be great to consolidate.

The one that drives me crazy is Apple News+, which does not look at the region you're in or allow you to set a specific region for news.