A bit late but here is a hypothesis:
What if a conflict leads to the exclusion of a country by (major) labels (and other foreign companies)?
Lots of new releases won’t be available after that date.
Speculation: Some time later old releases are retroactively made unavailable en masse.
spoiler alert
- Major Labels Suspend Operations in Russia - Rolling Stone
- Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and FUGA Exit Russia
- Here Are All the Music Companies Halting Business in Russia – Billboard
- Pink Floyd Removes Music from Streaming Services in Russia & Belarus
- Spotify to Halt Russia Operations – The Hollywood Reporter