Spotify Ad Blocker

[iseahound]

Code: Select all

#singleinstance force

Spotify:
Tooltip
WinGet _windows, List
Loop % _windows {
   _hwnd := _windows%A_Index%
   WinGet _process, ProcessName, ahk_id %_hwnd%
   WinGetTitle _title, ahk_id %_hwnd%
} until (_process == "Spotify.exe" && _title != "")
if (_process == "Spotify.exe") && !((_title ~= "-") || (_title ~= "(?i)^Spotify(\sFree)?$") || (_title = "drag")) {
   Tooltip % "1"
   Process Close, %_process%
   Process WaitClose, %_process%, 60
   Tooltip % "2"
   _A := WinExist("A")
   Run %A_AppData%\Spotify\Spotify.exe --minimized
   WinWait Spotify
   Tooltip % "3"
   WinWait Spotify Free
   WinActivate ahk_id %_A%
   Sleep 1000
   Send {Media_Next}
   Tooltip % "Spotify Ad Blocked!"
   Sleep 10000
}
Sleep 10
Goto Spotify
return

This code blocks ads on Spotify. It is provided as-is and confirmed working as of 2020-03-10.

Explanation - The way this script works is that it checks to see if there are any windows that are associated with the Spotify.exe process. If found, then it checks to see if the name has a hyphen, as in Artist - Song Name. Generally Advertisements don't have a hyphen in them. It then closes Spotify and restarts it!

[swagfag]

why not swap the post's title with its contents

[Blockefella Records]

Music to my ears!

Thank you

[nnnik]

I have Spotify Premium

[iseahound]

small update

[iseahound]

Another update, with code explanation!

[iseahound]

Bugfix: Dragging a song to a playlist caused the script to trigger.

[iseahound]

Sounds like something a poor person would say. I prefer to allocate my funds towards content creators. If a content creator receives $10/month from at least 500 people, they can work on their content full-time, which is much more productive and valuable to individuals and society.

[xeroexi]

hi this works really well thx for this is there anyway you can make one without the 1,2,3 or tooltips i think its called in the code. so that it just skips the ad.
edit** also sometimes if spotify gets an ad and the title of spotify changes to "spotify free" the add will play and not get skipped however the ad after that will skip but will not autoplay after spotify gets restarted