Apple is pushing Apple Music. iTunes music has been has had a steady decline in revenue over the last 3-4 years. iTunes is going away and will be replaced withe a new app. They are going to eventually kill off the local library. Yes you will still be able to play songs you have on the device, but you will not be able to play them on ANY 3rd party device such as any 2-way dock, MusiCast, Heos, BlueSound, URC, and Sonos.