That… doesn’t sound right?
I have all my music stored locally (iTunes purchases and old-timey ripped music), and it’s never been a problem. When they introduced Apple Music they asked if I wanted to use it, and I said “no”, and that was it; there’s now even an option to hide its existence in the Music app.
I realize most people find these options too boring to read up on the details, and that’s fair enough, but if you are going to click “yeah fine whatever” any time Apple asks you about changing something, then obviously you’re going to get whatever they think is the sensible default. And putting stuff in the cloud probably is the right default, because I think many people don’t have enough storage otherwise, and I know most people don’t make their own backup arrangements.
