S24U here. The awful One UI "update" was forced onto my phone. I want to remove the Now Bar completely from the lockscreen and replace it with the old Now Playing media player that it used to be. I hate how tiny the little pill is, and the little pill doesn't even list the artist's name. I'm not interested in swiping and sliding and two finger gestures or any of this nonsense. I want a media player that lists the song and artist name like a 20-year-old SanDisk MP3 has the common sense to include.

I also want to completely remove the Spotify notification next to the time. It's a colored notification that displays the song name. When I turn off Now Bar it goes away, but so does the lockscreen media player/Now Bar. I want that stupid top screen notification with the song permanently removed, I want the entire Now Bar gone, and I want to back back the old Now Playing media player.

How do I do this? I'm willing to use 3rd party apps and