As an App wouldn't it be able to receive regular updates as glitches are discovered as is now it can only be updated thru IOS updates or am I missing something ?
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Wouldn't Apple Music Be better as an APP ?
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What's the major difference nowadays between an iOS update and an app update? If all Apple wants to do is update the Music app to fix some issues, then it could be just a 50MB iOS update that is done in a few minutes.
I am quite sure Apple will release an iOS 8.4.1 sometime early next week which will do nothing else than fixing bugs in Apple Music.
Apple is much more careful about iOS updates--takes more to create one (even if it's just for a few small things for one particular app), to test it, to set it up for release, and to actually release it. Certainly a much bigger and different undertaking than just a simple app update in the App Store.
That's not what this is talking about. You already have the music app, this wouldn't create another one.
Then what would this be?
The OP says Apple Music would be "better as an app" so that it could receive updates through the App Store. How is that not suggesting a separate app?
Yes ... it would be more logical if it was an app which could be frequently updated, but then Apple couldn't force you to update your entire OS to use the app. 
Well, the most logical thing would be for Apple to allow updating of individual built-in apps through Software Update, like they do for OS X.
Sounded to me like the reference was for the current Music app to simply be separate. But it seems like it could have been to say that the specific aspect of Apple Music would be a separate app, although I'm not sure how that would work given its overall integration with music on the device in general.
All the built in Apps should be updatable via the AppStore not just Music.
Not true. Apps in the App store could be set to have minimum requirements. For small bug fixes they could be updated via the App Store but for major revisions they could request newer versions of iOS.Yes ... it would be more logical if it was an app which could be frequently updated, but then Apple couldn't force you to update your entire OS to use the app.
Yes I think that is what the op was saying. I like having all my local music in the same app that I stream with.
Do not want yet another music app
I'm not normally in favour of new apps, especially Apple ones that can't be removed, but in this case I think it would be a good idea. On the iPhone 6 the music App is now too cluttered. Too much real estate is given over to Apple Music, rather than my own collection. This is fine if you're a big Apple Music user, but if you prefer to focus more on your own collection, it's a distraction. While I like Apple music and will most probably keep it, I can't help but feel Apple are ramming it down my throat.
Yeah, and that's kind of why it likely wouldn't work out as a separate app on its own separate from the general Music app.
That would be annoying, but it would just be relegated to my "crapple" folder if I decided not to use it, along with all the other detritus you cant delete. What I'm saying is, I've not problem with it being one app, and I actually see that there are benefits, but the result is a cluttered mess on the iphone. This could be solved with an improved UI, but if for some reason apple can't fix this, I'd prefer to be another app.
I assumed apple would push the new app through an iOS upgrade and hence it would not be removable. I can't see apple allowing a user to remove Apple Music completely from an iOS device.
exactly i think thats how google has been doing it on the last few android generations