First it was vinyl. Then CDs came along and were said to be better. Then mp3s. When that myth was dispelled (except for 320 Kbps and higher bit rate mp3s), we were offered streaming. Now it's native 16/44 and 24/192 lossless streaming.
Just as a drug merchant knows how to cut a kilo of smack, the music industry masterfully sells the same product over and over by repackaging it. What the industry hated was having to expend effort in repackaging, which is less of a bother in the digital era.
I can certainly appreciate somebody subscribing to a streaming service for convenience and broader musical access. The reasons for doing so for the purposes of audible fidelity ended some time ago.