So frustrated with the Amazon Dot

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My in-laws (or ex-inlaws if you want to get technical) sent us an Amazon Echo speaker back when that was a new thing. Loved it for playing my music playlist and Pandora. I left it at the house when I moved out since it was my ex's parents who sent it. My sister bought me an Amazon Dot which is like the same thing and could sync with my Apple Music playlist to listen to music. I'm not one of those people who is always asking Alexa or Siri to do stuff. Just play my music. A month or so ago it wouldn't connect to my phone which I thought was nuts after years of it doing so. I tried everything. My tech-savvy ex was here and he couldn't figure it out. Normally I'd say if he can't do it it can't be done but it. had. been. working. for. years. on the hotspot. I threw out the one I had thinking maybe it was just broken and ordered a new one. Nope the new one won't work on it either. Just overnight it was like a flip switched. I've spent weeks trying to troubleshoot this. Not even going to ask him to try to fix it again since he couldn't the first time and he gets nasty when he is frustrated. I'm still going to keep trying though. There's got to be a way to get this stupid thing connected again. I am not going to pay for internet access just to get it playing music. I'm on my ex's internet plan so internet access for the laptop and my smart TV are free for me.