Automatically switches device but only when I'm listening podcast

[brunoleal]

I have spotify on my work laptop which I listen to music while working.
If I leave spotify on (in laptop) and then go to my car and start listening to Joe Rogan podcast from mobile phone, Spotify constantly switches to the laptop device and stops playing it. I can keep manually switching to mobile phone device, but it will after a few seconds or minutes stop and switch to laptop again.
Strange thing is that if I play music in my mobile it doesn't switch back to laptop. I'm really losing my patience with Spotify as the only solution is to remember to turn off Spotify on my laptop before going to the car...

[chrisma2n]

When I go from my work computer to my home computer, and I press Play on Spotify, I want it to play on my home computer--instead it starts playing on my work computer. The same thing happens when I switch from my phone to my computer. I always want spotify to default to playing on whatever device is locally providing commands, but it seems to try to be too clever. How do I default it to local control behavior?

[rysham]

Ridiculous that this is still an issue. Here's how I solved it. Only use the app on your phone. If you're at work or home, listening on an actual computer then only listen through their website. I've uninstalled all the apps off of my desktops and laptops, and I no longer have this problem. There's something about the apps that makes it switch from one to the other.

[jlt6666]

How is this still not fixed?  How is there not even a work around? This is insane. I think it may be a bug in the windows client.  What progress has been made with this issue?  Should I simply cancel and go to tidal or something?