If you download something, nobody can take that away either. By getting the physical copy you are just creating extra steps.

I am making the point that it seems we have a generation that doesn’t understand how to go and get files and/or share them.

Nothing I said was about subscriptions.

Personally, I could do without the physical media, that is just going backwards and I don’t want to own all that crap. But it also means the only services I use are ones I make myself so I can listen to my collection anywhere in the world and on any device I own. But its my service.