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DavidByrneApple

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Jun 11, 2025
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Dear iOS-Users,

is there something to the AirPlay-Concept that I don’t understand. I think it’s very handy for short-time sharing content to speakers/tv. But for me it’s absolutely unusable to use AirPlay to play music/podcasts over a longer time. Because every time you accidentally have some media on the iPhone starts playing your AirPlay playback is ruined.
I don’t get it how other people can happily live with that? Or how Apple can think this is a solid status quo?
For me it’s just so annoying. I wish Apple would let mit fixate an AirPlay playback so nothing can stop it.
Or even better they would add something like Spotify has with its network control playback, which is so far superior then Airplay, in terms of usability and audio quality.
Why has Apple not improved on this in years?
 
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If Apple made airplay ignore notifications then folk woukd complain they missed their medication reminder.

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