If youre logged onto the play store, you have a play music account, its all the same.
You have to uncheck play music sync in your Google sync settings
Rxpert83,
Thanks for your suggestions!
As to your 1st point: I figured that, but I had never configured my Google Play Music app to login to my account! When I open it, it is presenting my Gmail address and asking if I want to use that account or some other. Without logging it in, I have only a couple of options under Menu>Settings.
And, to your 2nd point, I did not have a Sync Google Play Music option under my Google account that I can remember before the 5/17 update, though I might be wrong about that. With GPM frozen, the option is not there . I've got others, like Google Play Books, Magazines, TV, etc ... and 10 others, including an enigmatic "Sync App Data."
However, to continue the experiment, I decided to unfreeze and login the player. After that, I had a dozen or more options under Menu>Settings within the player, the usual you would expect with an online music player, and I NOW had a Sync Google Play Music option in my Settings>Accounts>Google, and it was checked.
I unchecked it and I'm going to continue the experiment, to see if it restarts itself again.
Update 12 hours later: There it is again even with the Sync unchecked. Back to the freezer for now. Titanium Backup does give the option to "Convert to User App" which might do it, or "Force Remove (By Recovery Exploit.) Or I'll just follow Slugs advice.
And just for the record, I've only been following this inquiry just to solve the mystery since I don't plan to use it - I'm using MOG for now.
Isnt it just their Spotify-type service that isnt free mate?
I got that information from Google Play Store, and the info is also duplicated from within the player itself a number of different ways, presenting opportunities to sign up. It's called "All Access." That's the new direction touted at I/O recently, to compete with MOG, etc .... There is also "Standard" which is free "Locker and Store." All of this is brand new as announced at I/O and coordinated with the update of 5/17 that I received. They are launching into the streaming music business - for money!$
Are you saying Google owns Spotify? I can't find any evidence of that.