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Perhaps using a reputable service like Bandcamp would avoid this issue entirely. Amazon Music looks like a me too service, akin to MSN Music or MS's later attempts to sell music.

Often, these giant tech companies will happily make it so you cant get your songs or play them on the devices you want to: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2008/04/drm-s...

Yeah I only bother purchasing songs I plan to play on guitar through Amazon for access to the direct mp3 file, everything else gets streamed through Spotify for casual listening. No point buying online access to albums or individual songs just for casual listening imho. Can buy band shirts/high quality vinyl records/other merch directly from most artists and see them in concert as better ways to support them.

At least with Amazon Music you can download DRM-free mp3s and back them up somewhere. Can't do that with Amazon Video, which is why I just rent those.

Jeez. This is why I will never spend any real money on Amazon or Apple to purchase digital copies of movies. I want to be sure I'll still own those movies in 30 years.