Words get altered all the time, makes for some fun though
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It is, cars generally can’t run any phone apps, they are just displays for the phone using the car speakers. Every time I get into my car BBC Sounds starts or resumes as my iPhone connects to ApplePlay. Even if I haven’t been listening to it. Pain in the arse sometimes, but I’ve done a lot of research on it and life’s too short to do any more 
As I’ve mentioned before, a stunningly shortsighted and stupid mistake, reminiscent Ken Olsen’s misreading of the market that brought DEC to grief.
Edit: The ten quid should be itemised on your bill.
You can stop this using a Shortcuts script on your phone:
Open the Shortcuts app.
Tap “Automation” at the bottom.
Tap the Plus icon to make a new script.
Set up the commands as shown below.
Tap Done.
Now when your phone connects to CarPlay and Apple Music starts playing, the script will pause it immediately.
There is sometimes a short delay and a second or two of music will play, but then it stops.
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With some apps if it loses connection to a device like a speaker or headphone the app automatically stops playing the music so that you can pick up where you left off.
Maybe that’s what’s happening.
It’s quite clever as it holds different states for different devices e.g. my headphones will resume the last app I used them for and the car will resume on the last thing I listened to in the car.
I’ve been looking at playing with Shortcuts but (as with so many other things) not got around to it.
I’ll try that..l thanks for the tip
The more stories I read like this, the more I love my dumb car.
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I replaced newer infotainment systems or fittted an extra radio so I could get Droitwich 198 LW. Never hi-fi, but intelligible speech for miles and miles.
Um — how about just turning the phone off. I mean you shouldn’t be answering it when driving anyway. If it’s important they will leave a message.
Because it’s an entertainment and computing device that happens to make phone calls and the latter can be ignored.
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Premium Spotify has nothing to do with it - even streaming free Spotify is still streaming and therefore still data use. As for your phone not continuing to play when you switch the ignition off, this is a common feature of bluetooth, which also works that way with bluetooth speakers or headphones: if playing via speakers (etc) then switching off the speakers pauses the source, which will reconnect where it left off as soon as it is reconnected. All is controllable via settings - most likely your Spotify settings on your phone.
Not knowing the exact cause of the additional charge, I was merely putting forward possibilities. It’s possible there is a data allowance on the phones monthly charge in which case it would be another external charge, possibly Spotify that’s all that was suggested. As to the disconnection when powered down, I know. The point was suggesting to Sue what it might be.