I find it disappointing that the Music app in 2025, is STILL considerably worse than iTunes, when it comes to responsiveness and functionality for searches in a large music library.
So Apple wanted to get rid of iTunes because it was "too bloated"? Yet, it performs significantly better than Music, even now years later.
Same. I got a "new" machine with Sequoia and begrudgingly gave the Music app a try with a moderately sized music collection and it fails to correctly add files, the navigation is clunky, and album art has a mind of its own. It really doesn't seem to be aimed at playing your own media collection.
I'm giving Strawberry a try - it's a throwback to Amarok 1.x if anyone used it on Linux/OSX in the past