At least Spotify has a built in button to just select one of their speakers, so you can use that one to bypass their shitty app.
That said, I don’t think you can select multiple speakers, which kind of defeats the purpose of a multi room sound system. So yeah, I haven’t uninstalled their app and get annoyed as fuck every time I have to use it.
As somebody who likes Tetris but essentially had no idea about PuyoPuyo until I came across that comment, that was a brilliant yet depressing read. I’m currently busy with life but wishlisted some PuyoPuyo games for this winter, just because that article outlined such an interesting game. It’s kind of hard to find something for current platforms in Europe though…