Shout out to the devs! They seem incapable of creating anything of value to users. Every few years I want to listen to something on this app, and give it another chance. Literally every time I encounter deal-breaking bugs. This time, background-play reliably stops after around 20 seconds of playback. I was unable to resolve this issue (just like in the past), despite having the most recent updates and version of my phone's OS. I don't encounter this problem with any other app in background-play.