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Description of the issue: Playback on spotify.com stops a few seconds into the next song when the screen is locked/turned off. When the screen is on, playback continues as expected.
This block from Spotify effectively makes Brave’s ad blocker useless for Spotify because Spotify Web is not usable on mobile without keeping the device unlocked at all times.
This is also a privacy issue, because it suggests Spotify can detect whether the user has locked the screen. That information should NOT be shared with Spotify if the user does not want to share it. It could be used for fingerprinting.
How can this issue be reproduced?
Go to spotify.com in mobile and set it to Desktop Mode.
Start playing a song and lock the screen
Wait until it finishes. It will move to next song
If screen is still locked and turned off, next song will play a few seconds and then it will stop.
Expected result: Spotify playback to continue playing next song.
Brave Version( check About Brave): Brave 1.89.135, Chromium 147.0.7727.49
As noted in Github issue already, similar behavior can be seen on desktop as well. Though I didn’t spend much time on desktop to reproduce it since on desktop I use another solution to block the ads, but it does behave somewhat strange and probably due to this exact checks happening on the page.
@Safeguard-Retool If you are asking how you can use Spotify on mobile without it pushing you to app and all, you need to set page mode to Desktop (Settings dot → Check the Desktop Site checkbox) and then it will behave like a desktop. UI of Spotify in Desktop mode is kinda annoying but it does the job.
