Own playlist not usable

[Steiner2000]

Plan

Free

Device

Pixel 7

Operating System

Android 13

My Question or Issue

Yes I have only the free subscription but it is absolutely ridiculous that spotify forbids me to hear the songs that i searched and manually added to my private playlist. I opened the app and wanted to hear the songs but It is only possible to hear the "recommendations" from Spotify for that specific playlist, not my songs. I'm fine if there would be ads after every song or whatever...but to force me to hear some garbage songs and to make it impossible to hear "my" songs is absolutely not okay. I was about to start a premium account but now I want to delete**bleep** app. And by the way. I already deactivated Autoplay and all other features that can have an impact on that issue...

Are the people at Spotify really thinking that this is a good way to convince people to start a premium membership?