I did 4 years ago

Yep exactly that. My car back then didn’t have Android Auto and this was the only way to skip tracks while keeping my eyes on the road.

Edit: looks like they brought it back later: https://www.xda-developers.com/spotify-car-mode-testing/

These fuckers disabled car mode in the android app to make you buy one of those and now they’re killing it. I used car mode in my car and the moment it stopped working was when I cancelled my subscription.