Cant turn autoplay off?

[belavelle00]

I have a free account and sometimes it's nice to have autoplay on so I can listen to new artists, but sometimes I just wanna listen to an album or playlist itself. I turned off autoplay but still found that I would get suggested music to the point where the original artist was never even played after 45 minutes since hitting shuffle. That frustrates me geatly. Can autoplay actually be turned off or is that slider just a cheap decoy to frustrate users into buying premium? Because I can't afford premium.