spotify-adblock

Spotify adblocker for Linux (macOS untested) that works by wrapping getaddrinfo and cef_urlrequest_create. It blocks requests to domains that are not on the allowlist, as well as URLs that are on the denylist.

Notes

This does not work with the snap Spotify package.
This might not work with the Flatpak Spotify package, depending on your system's shared libraries' versions.
On Debian-based distributions (e.g. Ubuntu), the Debian Spotify package can be installed by following the instructions at the bottom of this page. (recommended)

Build

Prerequisites:

Git
Make
Zig

$ git clone https://github.com/usdogu/spotify-adblock.git
$ cd spotify-adblock
$ make

Install

sudo make install

Flatpak

mkdir -p ~/.spotify-adblock && cp zig-out/lib/libspotify-adblock.so ~/.spotify-adblock/spotify-adblock.so
flatpak override --user --filesystem="~/.spotify-adblock/spotify-adblock.so" com.spotify.Client

Usage

Command-line

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/spotify-adblock.so spotify

Flatpak

flatpak run --command=sh com.spotify.Client -c 'eval "$(sed s#LD_PRELOAD=#LD_PRELOAD=$HOME/.spotify-adblock/spotify-adblock.so:#g /app/bin/spotify)"'

Desktop file

You can integrate it with your desktop environment by creating a .desktop file (e.g. spotify-adblock.desktop) in ~/.local/share/applications. This lets you easily run it from an application launcher without opening a terminal.

Examples:

Debian Package

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Spotify (adblock)
GenericName=Music Player
Icon=spotify-client
TryExec=spotify
Exec=env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/spotify-adblock.so spotify %U
Terminal=false
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/spotify;
Categories=Audio;Music;Player;AudioVideo;
StartupWMClass=spotify

Flatpak

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Spotify (adblock)
GenericName=Music Player
Icon=com.spotify.Client
Exec=flatpak run --file-forwarding --command=sh com.spotify.Client -c 'eval "$(sed s#LD_PRELOAD=#LD_PRELOAD=$HOME/.spotify-adblock/spotify-adblock.so:#g /app/bin/spotify)"' @@u %U @@
Terminal=false
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/spotify;
Categories=Audio;Music;Player;AudioVideo;
StartupWMClass=spotify

Uninstall

sudo make uninstall

Flatpak

rm -r ~/.spotify-adblock ~/.config/spotify-adblock
flatpak override --user --reset com.spotify.Client

Thanks

To abba23 for the original project