haha yes, exactly what I'm asking. Hard question to get people to understand!!![]()
It seems to me that your question is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of what Match is. You are paying your yearly fee to have synchronized access to your iTunes library across all devices. THAT is what the fee is for. If you don't buy the subscription, you don't get access to ANY of your music through the cloud.
Sure, you can go to the store and re-download your purchased music, but that is hardly the same as having your entire library listed on all devices. The Purchased/Matched/Uploaded variable doesn't have anything to do with how you are billed for your subscription. It just lets you see where that music came from.