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Songs do not play automatically from search after a song is finished and I have a premium account. This used to work befor but not anymore, does anyone know why? Thanks!
Songs do not play automatically from search after a song is finished and I have a premium account. This used to work befor but not anymore, does anyone know why? Thanks!
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so recently i just got a spotify premium card because after using the free app (which is inferior) i decided to check it out. So are you telling me you guys dont have song sorting, the queue, or proper shuffling on the free app so you could move to t...
so recently i just got a spotify premium card because after using the free app (which is inferior) i decided to check it out. So are you telling me you guys dont have song sorting, the qu...
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