spotify-adblock-linux

Spotify adblocker for Linux that works by wrapping getaddrinfo and libcurl's curl_easy_setopt and blocking all domains that aren't whitelisted, as well as blacklisted URLs.

Notes

• This does not work with the snap Spotify package.

Building

Prerequisites:

• Make
• gcc
• libcurl headers (e.g. libcurl4-gnutls-dev on Debian/Ubuntu systems)

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$ git clone https://github.com/abba23/spotify-adblock-linux.git
$ cd spotify-adblock-linux
$ make

Installing

$ sudo make install

Usage

Command-line

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

Desktop file

You can also 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.

Example

[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

Uninstalling

$ sudo make uninstall