every time I open the app it pauses my music or it just completely cuts off the music
- about billing
- worked before an update
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SpotifyReported repeatedly
People lose their place when playback restarts itself
4 people raised this across 2 weeks, on both iOS and Android.
iPhone and Android listeners in Australia and the United States, across three app versions.
In their own words
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Spotify has its moments of working, but most times does not
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App keeps pausing my music then restarting to the beginning of the playlist
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the app keeps lagging and its been like this for the past month
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What people do instead
Nobody described a way around this.
What you could do with this
These four are written from the reviews above. Everything else on this page is quoted or counted.
written
BUILD IT
Persist the playback position through the app being killed.
See how3 points
- Write position and queue on every pause, not on close
- Restore both on relaunch rather than starting the list again
- Start with the restart-to-the-beginning path reviewers describe
Why it might not workThe operating system decides when to reclaim an audio session, and an app cannot always be told first.
written
START IT
A player that keeps your position across whatever you listen on.
See how2 points
- Holds position and queue independently of any one service
- For people who move between a phone, a car and a desk
Why it might not workPlayback position sits inside each service and is not generally exposed to anyone else.
written
STUDY IT
How often does playback state survive a backgrounded app?
See how2 points
- Instrument relaunches across devices and memory conditions
- Compare loss against how long the app was in the background
Why it might not workReproducing memory pressure reliably needs devices in a lab, not a script.
written
WRITE IT
The app that forgets where you were.
See how2 points
- Trace one playlist through a day of interruptions
- Quote the reviews about music restarting from the beginning
Why it might not workStreaming complaint is constant; the specific thing is losing position, not losing audio.
Related challenges
Spotify
People cannot play the song they just chose
it keeps telling me that I can't choose my own music or songs
Build itMake the restriction legible before the tap, not after it.
Start itNot a company. This is a disclosure problem, not a missing product.
Study itDo people understand what a free music tier permits before installing?
Write itThe free tier that hides its own rules until you tap.
Reported repeatedly
Spotify
People cannot see the player for the adverts covering it
even though I got an add every 2 songs
Build itKeep the advert out of the surfaces a listener has to touch.
Start itListening software whose free limits are published and then held.
Study itWhere is the point at which interruption stops being tolerable?
Write itTwo songs, an advert, and then the album art disappears.
Early signal
Strava
People lose the activity they were in the middle of recording
the program keeps stopping in the middle of my hike
Build itA recorder that writes each location fix to disk as it arrives.
Start itA recorder whose only job is not to stop.
Study itHow often does a consumer tracker lose part of a session?
Write itThe run that did not happen because the app stopped.
Reported repeatedly