If Apple loves music so much, why can't it get streaming right?

NOT SO GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM In 2019, Apple split off its venerable iTunes app on the Mac into three separate apps: Music, TV, and Podcasts. In the implementation, however, the macOS Music app is basically the former iTunes app with Apple Music's streaming functionality bolted on. Now, instead of AirPlaying, you can control playback directly on a HomePod by using the AirPlay menu on an iOS device and scrolling all the way down to Control Other Speakers & TVs…but then you're essentially kicked into a version of the Music app that looks exactly the same as the Music app but doesn't let you do all the same things. [Extracted from the article]