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Protect your privacy by blocking all annoying Spotify ads & analytics in Linux, OSX and Windows with hosts file.
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It's not working at all (MacOS X) #15

Open ferox opened 4 years ago

ferox commented 4 years ago

When I paste all the entries to /etc/hosts and then starting to play with the app, about two and a half minutes after that Ads are popping up.

OS.: MacOS X High Sierra (Version 10.13.6) Spotify version: 1.1.25.259.g85cf5e4c

What is going on?????

x0uid commented 4 years ago

Hi there, i think because MacOS hosts location is /private/etc/hosts and not /etc/hosts

Also flush your DNS when added entries.

Let me know if that worked.

ferox commented 4 years ago

No, when I change the /etc/hosts the /private/etc/hosts is updated. I have flushed DNS, but the issue persist.

x0uid commented 4 years ago

That's weird. Have you cleared Spotify cache file?!

ferox commented 4 years ago

Yeah, I did it!!

But it's not working.

irodeanu commented 4 years ago

It's working on latest Spotify 1.1.34.694.gac68a2b3 and macOS Catalina 10.15.5

x0uid commented 4 years ago

@ferox could u please confirm on same version status?!

ferox commented 4 years ago

Well, give a couple of days to test. OK?

x0uid commented 4 years ago

Sure man, no problem. Hopefully will work fine at your end. Let us know.

-Anis

iBanJavascript commented 4 years ago

My main box runs High Sierra, so I still use an old 32-bit version of Spotify that does everything I need.

I used your generous HOSTS lists on my test Box, running MacOS Catalina & Spotify v.1.1.34.694. After flushing my dnscache, I was still getting 5- or 6-second WalMart commercials, but they seem to have gone away after I deleted my Spotify cache folder in ~/L/Caches/ and restarted the app.

Anyway, I used LittleSnitch to intercept and deny some additional domains and addresses that snuck through. Thought I'd share them with you. In some cases, I denied the entire domain, in others, just the particular address. Here you go:

DENIED IN L.S.

a.tribalfusion.com ad.sxp.smartclip.net adeventtracker.spotify.com adsd-sync.amanad.adtdp.com c1.adform.net cm.adgrx.com cr-p35.ladsp.jp d.agkn.com dntcl.qualaroo.com dsp.adfarm1.adition.com gu.dyntrk.com iad02-event.spotxchange.com iad02-search.spotxchange.com s.side3.zucks.net secure-gl.imrworldwide.com sync.tidaltv.com usersync.videoamp.com vop.sundaysky.com bloodhound.spotify.com a.adsrvr.org www.googletagservices.com s-static.innovid.com

END

Not sure what "bloodhound.spotify.com" is. Maybe they're using the bloodhound API for metrics or some other reason. Anyway, thanks again for your lists.

iBanJavascript commented 4 years ago

re: above

[CAUTION]

After many plays on Spotify over a few-hour period w/no ads, an ad did eventually come through, but because of one or more of the add'l blocks of mine (see above), the ad didn't play but Spotify wouldn't play either. Like it was waiting for an ad to play before resuming, but since the ad didn't play, neither did Spotify play resume.

ferox commented 4 years ago

The same here!!

re: above

[CAUTION]

After many plays on Spotify over a few-hour period w/no ads, an ad did eventually come through, but because of one or more of the add'l blocks of mine (see above), the ad didn't play but Spotify wouldn't play either. Like it was waiting for an ad to play before resuming, but since the ad didn't play, neither did Spotify play resume.

ferox commented 4 years ago

It's not working!! Definitely it is an issue.

Sure man, no problem. Hopefully will work fine at your end. Let us know.

-Anis

iBanJavascript commented 4 years ago

After firing up Spotify 1.1.34.694 yesterday on my test box, you're right. Spotify seems to have defeated these host blocks. Now, I'm getting a lot of connection requests from "gew1-accesspoint-x-xxxx.ap.spotify.com" (as well as "s3.amazonaws.com"). If I deny them, all the tracks are greyed out and the app doesn't work. If I accept these connections, the advertisements return. And they're no longer 5 second WalMart spots but full 30-second ads.

So, yeah. Unfortunately this approach is already obsolete it seems. I have my app locked to prevent upgrading, but it's back to square one as far as ad blocking.