Unless it's a store with a membership like Costco, you have no obligation to stop for receipt checks. Just walk right past them and tell them no thank you when they ask to see your receipt.
MPD would work great for your music use-case. I have also set up librespot (Open Source Spotify client library) for a friend that works really well and would probably cover you on the licensing front with a subscription (not a fan at all of Spotify). If you're looking into new hardware check out the AOOSTAR WTR PRO.
I am unable to enjoy this pictogram of a frig riding a broomstick as there are stars depicted within the shadow of the moon which is physically impossible
Host your own URL shortener with Yourls. It's great, loads of useful plugins too. (dot)ink domains are cheap so you can have fun with namel.ink like I did.
Have you tried creating a couple systemctl scripts to rmmod the wifi driver prior to suspend then another to modprobe it on wake? I've had to do this with success on another laptop
