open.spotify.com: ads / breakages / nuisances

[boromirmonk]

Prerequisites

• This is NOT a YouTube, Facebook, Twitch or a shortener/hosting site report. These sites MUST be reported by clicking their respective links.
• I read and understand the policy about what is a valid filter issue.
• I verified that this issue is not a duplicate. (Use this button to find out.). Comment in the old issue threads even when they are closed or even if you have a different problem.
• I did not remove any of the default filter lists, or I have verified that the issue was not caused by removing any of the default lists.
• I did not enable additional filter lists, or I have verified that the issue still occurs without enabling additional filter lists.
• I do not have custom filters/rules, or I have verified that the issue still occurs without custom filters/rules.
• I have verified that the web browser's built-in content blocker/tracking protection, network wide/DNS blocking, or my VPN is not causing the issue.
• I have turned off all other extensions and the issue still persists. (exception "Firefox Multi-Account Containers").
• If this is about a breakage or detection, I have verified that it is caused by uBlock Origin and isn't a site or browser issue.
• I did not answer truthfully to ALL the above checkboxes.

URL address of the web page

https://open.spotify.com/

Category

ads

Description

Today, the site starting showing ads while having uBlock Origin activated.

Other extensions used

None.

Screenshot(s)

Screenshot(s)

Configuration

Details

uBlock Origin: 1.55.0
Chromium: 121
filterset (summary):
 network: 118987
 cosmetic: 51582
 scriptlet: 20570
 html: 0
listset (total-discarded, last-updated):
 default:
  user-filters: 0-0, never
  easylist: 79742-14, now
  easyprivacy: 43563-40, now
  plowe-0: 3783-1173, now
  spa-0: 3821-19, 16m
  spa-1: 5790-218, now
  ublock-badware: 7791-136, now
  ublock-filters: 36681-225, now
  ublock-privacy: 992-6, now
  ublock-quick-fixes: 128-5, now
  ublock-unbreak: 2192-34, now
  urlhaus-1: 8675-0, 16m
filterset (user): [empty]
trustedset:
 removed:
  chrome-scheme
switchRuleset:
 added: [array of 2 redacted]
userSettings: [none]
hiddenSettings: [none]
supportStats:
 allReadyAfter: 424 ms (selfie)
 maxAssetCacheWait: 202 ms
 cacheBackend: browser.storage.local
popupPanel:
 blocked: 8
 network:
  doubleclick.net: 3
  sentry.io: 5

[zaraford]

same

[dportvine]

It seems to works for me.

||creativeservice-production.scdn.co/mp3-ad/$media,redirect=noop-1s.mp4:10,from=open.spotify.com

Screen

Details

uBlock Origin: 1.55.0
Chromium: 121
filterset (summary):
 network: 130377
 cosmetic: 116430
 scriptlet: 27288
 html: 0
listset (total-discarded, last-updated):
 removed:
  urlhaus-1: null
  plowe-0: null
 added:
  https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/bitblock.txt: 26081-19, 22h.22m
  https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/cntblock.txt: 1698-26, 9h.24m
  https://www.awwwwesome.org/url-blocklist/url-blocklist.txt: 1656-0, 9h.24m
  adguard-cookies: 28457-246, 23m
  ublock-annoyances: 6585-44, 4h.3m Δ
 default:
  user-filters: 4-0, never
  ublock-filters: 36678-107, 4h.3m Δ
  ublock-badware: 7791-10, 4h.3m Δ
  ublock-privacy: 992-9, 4h.3m Δ
  ublock-unbreak: 2192-6, 4h.3m Δ
  ublock-quick-fixes: 128-6, 4h.3m Δ
  easylist: 79607-251, 4h.3m Δ
  easyprivacy: 43562-403, 4h.3m Δ
  RUS-0: 40155-277, 4h.23m Δ
filterset (user): [array of 4 redacted]
userSettings:
 advancedUserEnabled: true
 contextMenuEnabled: false
 showIconBadge: false
hiddenSettings:
 cacheStorageAPI: indexedDB
 filterAuthorMode: true
 popupPanelHeightMode: 1
 trustedListPrefixes: ublock- user-
supportStats:
 allReadyAfter: 942 ms (selfie)
 maxAssetCacheWait: 568 ms
 cacheBackend: indexedDB
popupPanel:
 blocked: 10
 network:
  cookielaw.org: 1
  doubleclick.net: 4
  googleoptimize.com: 1
  sentry.io: 4
 extended:
  ##+js(remove-node-text, script, cookieUpdateConsentUrl)
  ##+js(remove-attr, jsaction, #islsp c-wiz a[href^="http"][data-v…
  ##+js(set-constant, rwt, noopFunc)
  ##+js(trusted-set-cookie, SOCS, CAESHAgBEhJnd3NfMjAyMzA2MTItMF9S…

[stephenhawk8054]

We had many issues opened for spotify: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues?q=is%3Aissue+open.spotify.com

Maybe we should put a megathread for this site?

[dportvine]

Maybe we should put a megathread for this site?

Also I see a lot of comments on reddit.com, so let's create one megathread.

[gettysburg]

I suggested a different approach to the Spotify Web Client ads taken from the desktop adblock "BlockTheSpot" linked here:

#22231

Essentially the desktop client is is a browser engine that downloads, executes and renders the same files from the same web-server as the web client runs on.

So, using their method, you can not only disable ad distribution completely, but also enable other features that usually only premium members get access to.

Unfortunately I was not aware of this issues existence.

[stephenhawk8054]

uBO blocking works by filters. Specific solutions for specific sites that need deeper modifications to the scripts require dedicated scripts for it, which can only be updated when the whole extension updates. It's better to leave those solutions to dedicated extensions.

[ItsProfessional]

but also enable other features that usually only premium members get access to.

FYI: That's out of scope, we don't fix paywalls to features. Only the ads will be blocked.

[gettysburg]

@ItsProfessional That's fine.

@stephenhawk8054 Yeah, but does uBO not have the ability to inject scripts?

If so, could you inject something that changes the default state of a JS boolean or change some site specific code?

Take a look at the issue I posted to see what I mean, they essentially just wait for the browser engine to read a certain file and then patch it up.

[stephenhawk8054]

@gettysburg Scripts injection works by using a set of pre-defined scriptlets: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Resources-Library

We don't write arbitrary long scripts for specific sites. As I said, that can only be maintained and updated when the whole extension updates. It cannot be updated frequently like filters whenever the site changes something.

[ItsProfessional]

they essentially just wait for the browser engine to read a certain file and then patch it up.

We want to avoid code manipulation (i.e. patches) to the site's scripts whenever possible, as this is basically RCE.