CHEF-KOCH / Spotify Ad Free
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Project Overview
This filter list was created 2015 and is under MIT license by CHEF-KOCH, it contains all the advertising domains which are hard-coded within Spotify (free account).
The project is unofficial and not in any relationship with Spotify AB. Spotify (C) is a trademark of Spotify AB. An unofficial FAQ can be found here, read it - it's worth it!.
# Project is closed and merged within CK's-FilterList (mirror)!
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Spotify Recorder
- Spotify Backup Projects
- Spotify Windows Ad-Blocker Projects
- Spotify Browser Extensions
- Android
- MacOS
How to Debug problems?
Spotify comes with a hidden debug console. You can start Spotify via spotify --show-console command line parameter in order to start/reveal the console window.
Spotify (app) privacy
You can easily import the "blocker" (filters) list into any Ad-blocker or download the pre-made Ad-Free versions. A HOSTS file is not a "crack" and not something you get banned for while using it.
An additional advice is to set the following parameters within the Spotify app:
- Edit - Preferences (CTRL + P) - Privacy Block all cookies... (enable it)
- Edit - Preferences (CTRL + P) - Advertisement - Change advertising preferences (disable everything here on the Spotify website)
- Manually delete the Spotify cache folder and mark it as _read-only_so that Spotify won't get access tp it, which prevents to store meta-data and ads in it.
This helps to get rid of cookie leftover(s) tracker(s) and reduces the chance to see banner ads (it does not remove them!).
Release & RePack information
I do not officially maintain this project which means every work I still do is for the community only and entirely for free. I spent a lot of time debugging and inspecting Spotify's traffic.
No one is forced to download something from the release tab nor do I support something illegal here. Repacking the installer is not illegal, however modifying the files itself is because it's against ToS (which I respect) but including several additional patches and a HOSTS file seems pretty much okay because Spotify does include already anti-blocking debugging techniques to prevent all of this. Abusing "holes" is illegal.
In this repo I provide:
- Ad-Free mods for Desktops and the Android OS. MacOS is official not supported because I don't use any Apple products.
- Filter lists in order to block ads (via hosts).
Spotify Recorder
- Spytify - Records Spotify without ads while it plays and includes media tags to the recorded files
- Recording audio playing on the computer via audacity
- spotify-ripper
- Sidify
Spotify Backup Projects
- SpotMyBackup - Backup your playlist & tracks!
Spotify Windows Ad-Blocker Projects
- BlockTheSpot - Spotify injection (for the Windows Desktop version only) which blocks video, audio & banner
Spotify Browser Extensions
Android
- abertschi/ad-free - A modularized Ad Blocker for Spotify on Android.
Linux
MacOS
- spotify-adblock-macos
MuteSpotifyAds - A efficient MacOS application automatically silencing ads on the Spotify desktop app.librespot- Macsome Spotify Downloader Paid Spotify Music Downloader.
Ad-Block Browser extension (for Spotify Web)
- Spotify "crack" Chrome App - Basically an app for Chrome in case you never heard of uBlock, AdGuard & Co.
Spotify Review of the year
Spotify Downloader (CLI)
- Chimera - Multi music downloader for deezer, tidal, qobuz, soundcloud, napster, gpm, dtq & Spotify.
- Spicetify-cli - Commandline tool to customize Spotify client.
- Spotify Downloader Utility - Download playlist and songs from Spotify URL.
- Spotify Downloader - Download Spotify playlists with album art and meta-tags.
- XSpotify - A modified Spotify client with DRM bypass (160 kb/s, 32-bit, 44100 Hz, .ogg format)
Criticism of Spotify
- The spotify clients aren't open source
- Spotify now requiring users to share location data to prevent abuse of family plan
- other stuff mentioned on Wikipedia
- Proof that Spotify collects everything + they sell your private data
- Yay for Bloatware: Samsung to Pre-Install Spotify on Its Smartphones
Analyze Spotify GDPR data streams
Spotify Service Alternatives
- Amazon Prime Music
- Apple Music
- Audius
- Bandcamp
- BandCamp
- Deezer
- gramophy
- Last.fm
- Mflow
- Murfie
- Musicovery
- MusicUp
- nuclear - A free alternative to Spotify. No DRM. 100% free software. Pulls music from Youtube, Soundcloud and Bandcamp.
- Pandora Radio
- Qobuz
- Radioplayer
- Roon
- Saavn
- Slacker Radio
- SoundCloud
- Stereomood
- Subsonic
- Tidal
- YouTube Music / YouTube Vanced
Spotify Equalizer
- Spotify seems to work on an integrated Equalizer (for the Web Player) | Source
Spotify Video
- Spotify prepares video integration | Source