I will show you how to easily block the servers hosting Spotify ads on your Linux/Mac or Windows machine.
This will allow you to listen all day long on a free account without hearing a single ad or being tracked by third party. This trick is very simple, legal and works great.
In order to remove those pesky ads, all we need to do is setup out hosts file to override the DNS for Spotify's ad servers and redirect that traffic to our local machine.
When the traffic hits out local machine the call will fail and the tracking third party advertising will be skipped.
Pi-hole compatible versions can be found here:
Blocklist: https://github.com/x0uid/SpotifyAdBlock/blob/master/SpotifyBlocklist.txt
Whitelist: https://gist.github.com/captainhook/9eb4132d6e58888e37c6bc6c73dd4e60
Bash script to import whitelist: https://gist.github.com/captainhook/f4ccfc82dc6696270d62b54b13f871c4
Credits to: captainhook
I have maintained this ad-blocking list because I am passionate about this, and i think u have all the right to protect your privacy while enjoying music. Donations are one of the many ways to support what I do.
