Thanks, Alyssa - It took awhile to figure out but I've now "hearted" both topics....   I also love some of the suggestions made in the threads such as having an ability to tune a various mode so you can dial in the degree that it's working and to perhaps have two modes set simultaneously but don't see a way to heart those suggestions... Most importantly, I'd love to have Shuffly mode pick up on how each of my channels is set within modes and play songs accordingly rather then just ignoring those settings completely... It's also be nice to be able to batch adjust my channels rather than have to set each and everyone individually when applying modes.  ... View more

To summarize for anyone else reading this thread, I did manage to download the app for PC from Microsoft STore and started using that.  At first, I thought this was the needed panacea as it worked so smoothly avoiding the problems I was experiencing on numerous browsers.... HOWEVER, I made the mistake of attempting to skip a song and the problems began.  An ad for Consumer Cellular came up, it played and then P just stopped working....I tried shutting it down and reconnecting but then P app would not connect again when I could connect to P Edge.... I eventually got P app open again, but the problem was repeatable so we're still trying to figure out what's going wrong and why... for the record, Alyssa and Pandora have been super great in helping work thru this and the conversations are now taking place via direct email....  MANY THANKS  for the efforts... I'll post again once we're solved and I have every confidence that will happen thanks to P Support....  ... View more

First attempt to send report from Edge failed. I should have taken a screenshot of results but didn't think of it until too late... Then successfully completed and sent a test from Brave, then went back to Edge and this time completed and sent results... More and more I'm sensing the problem probably has more to do with Hughesnet and the sensed deterioration in an already slow ISP due to the pandemic than anything else.. I hope test results show you something! ... View more

@AlyssaPandora  Well, I think your comment about sticking with you during this process should be reversed and it should be me saying thank you....Thank you....  However, trying to get the App thru Microsoft Store just reminded me of why I try to use as few apps as possible on my laptop.   When I tried to download Pandora, I discovered the Store automatically attempted to start downloading a zillion other apps I don't need such as X-Box stuff before it put P in the queue.  When I figured that out, I stopped everything from downloading and started to try downloading P alone, but at one time during the process I saw the file was supposed to be something like 401 mb and then the Store started downloading one of 98mb size, so that once again got me angry at the process of doing something thru MS Store....Couple all this with being on Hughesnet where I have limited monthly data, I will not try this again until after 2 AM when my bandwidth limits are not anywhere near as much limited... Grrrrrrrrrrr.... I also have a pending Windows update now that needs doing too...KB4556799.  Problem continues @ Edge....  I have not noticed it to be associated with a single particular ad, now only when the "Are You Still Listening" tap comes up and I press yes and it starts ads ... View more

Alyssa - But here's the problem - To the best of my knowledge, I have Edge almost totally stripped down and have no adblock of any kind.... That would be verified by going to Extensions directly, not "Settings and More"/Extensions, since "Setttings and More" does not exist on my Edge, just "Settings,"  and seeing only 2 extensions listed and neither is any form of an adblocker ... View more

FYI - 12:40 PM Sunday - Using Edge, it happened again - was doing fine up until I hit the "Are you still listening" time.   After pressing "yes," one ad started to cycle, never completed and Pandora froze and would not continue at all.... ... View more

@TannerPandora  Given you're not too familiar with Brave and I don't see how to do what you suggest there, why don't I just experiment with a more familiar browser like Edge......  In Edge I see under Privacy and services there's an area called "tracking prevention."   I presently have that set at "Balanced."  Do you want to experiment with chaning that?? OR, more importantly, do you know a way in Edge to permanently turn off add blocking specifically for Pandora????  I'm willing to do that if you know how..  Please guide me thru and we'll see if it makes a difference.  ... View more

OK... FYI Pandora on Brave stopped working again once I hit the "Are You Still Listening/" time.....   At that point, after no return to music after pressing yes, the simple resolution was to start over from the original login page... We'll see if this repeats now... ... View more

Sorry to be slow to get back.. I did start using Pandora earlier and continued to experience the same problem on the browsers I used but I did not complete cycling thru all before I got sidetracked... This evening I've been back on using Brave.  So far it's gone thru 2 sets of ads without freezing up.    To answer your questions more specifically_ 1. When ads start to play, they attempt to play then stop in the middle, then begin again, then stop etc.  A 15 second ad, if it even completes playing could take a minute or more to complete playing.  Then once that occurs, Pandora will never then cycle back to the music.  It will just stop completely .  Most of the time, I can reload pandora.com and it will begin again and if I'm lucky, it will continue playing until the next set of ads  I guess htat answers your #2 question as well - NO playback does not resume. 3.  I try using on the browsers I have mentioned specifically because of the same question you have asked... Some have ad blockers and others, by design, do not so I can discover easily without changing my settings whether or not an ad blocker might be the cause.... Right now, I believe Edge, Brave and Explorer do not ahve ad blockers and FF and Chrome do.....  Prior to this problem arising this past week or two, I normally use Brave to listen primarily because of the no adblocker  complication.... Incidentally, another suspected problem you should know is that I am on Hughesnet Gen5 satellite which of course is very slow in this age but i have no alternative.  Also I've been on Hughesnet long before this problem arose.....  Hope this helps...  Even moreso, I hope you've already made some adjustments because Pandora on Brave has been working smoothly this evening....   Thanks 2.  ... View more