My method to get the old miniplayer back

In my experience, even if you uninstall the app and download an older APK with the old miniplayer within 24 hours the app updates automatically (even if auto updates are turned off) and you're stuck with the new shitty updated version once again. However, if you disable the Google play store the forced update doesn't occur. It's annoying to have to enable/disable the play store every time you need to download or update other apps but that's the trade off.