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You are complaining about something that is not specific to Apple Music. It can happen, and it sucks, but Apple is no different from any other online music purchasing store in this regard.
iTunes Store purchases are free from DRM and can be backed up just like any other libre digital purchases.
https://support.apple.com/guide/music/intro-to-the-itunes-store-mus3e2346c2/mac
I dunno about the other two, but you absolutely own the music you download from bandcamp. Trying to gaslight everyone into believing that apple music isn't shit is naïve at best, complicit at worst.
Bought music from iTunes (not Apple Music, the streaming service!) is DRM-free just as Bandcamp, and I’ve lost music from my Bandcamp profile as well because the artist deleted their account (which I luckily downloaded most of beforehand).
The effectively only difference is Bandcamp offers lossless downloads.