I posted this because this has been a problem forever, and the "solution" is funny to me--just add a 10-minute silent song to your library that will be first alphabetically.
It made me wonder: how many extra streams has "Aaron Burr, Sir" from Hamilton gotten simply because it's likely the first alphabetical song in people's libraries? Is that offset by people who develop an irrational hatred of the song because they hear it every time they turn on their car?
It’s one of the main reasons that people give for being mad about that free U2 album on iPhones.
Prior to that, most folks could ignore the broken behaviour of autoplay on connect that cars did. But once it was there you’d get it playing every time you got in your car.
...source? It clearly can't be the band ("U2") or the album ("Songs Of Innocence") that were first alphabetically in anyone's library (unless it was _really_ sparse, and the first-alphabetically track on the album[0] is called "California (...)" - hard to believe there were enough people with libraries lacking any songs beginning with A or B to make this relevant.
For the record, since the article never comes right out and says it and only indirectly implies it a few paragraphs in: this is more the car's fault than the phone's. Not every car has this problem.
> you plug your smartphone into your car, and then cringe when that song — the same song every time — begins to play.
No, this has never happened to me. Nothing starts auto-playing, and what does play when I hit the "play" button is for the player to pickup exactly where it stopped the last time I unplugged it from the car.
It's not the phone--it's the car. For some reason, some car stereo makers thought it would be a good idea to automatically send a "play" signal to the phone when it is first connected, and this is the result if you don't already have a song queued up.
Then this would be an easy fix for Apple. If no music is playing and it gets a "play" signal over the cable, ignore it. For the record it happens to me and it is annoying
Can confirm as well (deh-p160bt) - I ended up uninstalling it and going back to my prior Pioneer, which also does the same but at least has an off switch.
I have a 2016 Toyota Sienna. Every time I plug my iPhone (currently on iOS 17.2.1) into its USB, it starts playing Samir Mezrahi’s song as noted in the article. It also “helpfully” hits play every time you adjust the volume:
- Listen to music.
- Pull up a map. Realize the volume’s too low to hear directions. Turn it up.
- Listening to music again, but louder.
I’m having a CarPlay unit installed for Christmas, and my feelings about this are on par with wishing for a Red Ryder BB gun. I’m not sure I’ll be able to sleep between now and then.
has there ever been a comprehensive breakdown of why bluetooth sucks so much? Even after 5-6 generations, devices still get into dead-end states that leave me seething. inb4 "the manufacturer isn't following the standard" - no, then why are they allowed to put the bluetooth logo on their packaging? I thought that was the deal: comply with standard, pay the license fee, earn the logo. I've never had the "plays the same song" bug, but about 1 in 20 times, the phone will not connect to the car. I try to press "connect", still nothing. toggle bluetooth on/off, still nothing. then a few minutes later it decides to work. I could go on, but I think most people have experienced extreme frustration with this, and I'd like to know if anyone has drilled down into why, exactly, bluetooth sucks so much.
Also, I cannot believe that some cars (looking at you, Subaru) don’t have a pause button, only mute. Not an issue when you’re playing to music. But when you are Listening to an audiobook, it’s another story
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It made me wonder: how many extra streams has "Aaron Burr, Sir" from Hamilton gotten simply because it's likely the first alphabetical song in people's libraries? Is that offset by people who develop an irrational hatred of the song because they hear it every time they turn on their car?
Prior to that, most folks could ignore the broken behaviour of autoplay on connect that cars did. But once it was there you’d get it playing every time you got in your car.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_Innocence_(U2_album)#...
No, it has not happened to everyone.
> you plug your smartphone into your car, and then cringe when that song — the same song every time — begins to play.
No, this has never happened to me. Nothing starts auto-playing, and what does play when I hit the "play" button is for the player to pickup exactly where it stopped the last time I unplugged it from the car.
Phone: Android
Music Player: Vanilla Music (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/ch.blinkenlights.android.van...)
Phone: iPhone 12 Pro
Music Player: Apple Music
Even worse is if you pause playing and then adjust the audio up or down in the car it starts playing again.
I absolutely hate it to the point I have considered switching to an aftermarket head unit.
- Listen to music.
- Pull up a map. Realize the volume’s too low to hear directions. Turn it up.
- Listening to music again, but louder.
I’m having a CarPlay unit installed for Christmas, and my feelings about this are on par with wishing for a Red Ryder BB gun. I’m not sure I’ll be able to sleep between now and then.
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