Hi @tes6491 thanks for the feedback with your Alexa.
All Pandora accounts will pause after a period of inactivity. This is in place to avoid the cost of streaming music into empty rooms. For example, some people may start playing Pandora at work and leave it running after going home for the day.
Since we pay full royalties on every song we play, having a timeout interval helps us prevent streaming endlessly to unattended devices. Ultimately, it allows us to offer our free service and maintain our current subscription prices. When you upgrade to Pandora Plus or Pandora Premium, the timeout increases, but does not disappear completely.
This being said, we are aware some folks aren't able to easily interact with Pandora in order to let us know they're still listening, and we do apologize for the inconvenience. Listener input is really important to us, and we pride ourselves on keeping close track of what we hear. As such, I've shared your thoughts with our product team.
Thanks again and sorry for the inconvenience.
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