Hiding Ad-like sections from the homepage #195
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Hal47
changed the title
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all these sections are very hard to track, I managed to hide the section with podcasts only because inside this section there are not songs, but podcasts. Perhaps there is a way. We need to study this issue a little more when there is time. |
- attempt to hide ad-like sections from the homepage https://github.com/SpotX-CLI/SpotX-Win/issues/195
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added a new input parameter sections I tried to hide:
write here suggestions for adding or removing sections to test blocking these sections just run it in PowerShell: [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; iex "& { $((iwr -useb 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SpotX-CLI/SpotX-Win/main/Install.ps1').Content) } -adsections_off"works since version 1.1.93+ |
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you can send section id, as most likely in order to get the section id you need to get DevTools after you got the DevTools do this
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/section/0JQ5DAnM3wGh0gz1MXnu3C |
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Yes, this is a new section, it was not displayed in my account |
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0JQ5DAnM3wGh0gz1MXnu4w |
added thanks |
Finland |
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found such sections, your thoughts Workout Focus Sad songs Happy Music to game to Gaming music |
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Seems to work for me, since my homepage is now only showing: Your top mixes, Made for, Recently Played, Recommended for today, Discover more from, More like, For fans of, Uniquely yours, Your playlists, More of what you like and New releases for you. Ignoring future software changes, the only remaining issues should be updating sections as they appear/Spotify comes up with them+language section differences. Thanks for your work @amd64fox 👍 |
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right, spotify adds new id sections from time to time, if you notice that the blocked section has reappeared, just drop its name and id here, here is a short instruction on how to get the section id I also need your opinion on these sections, are there any lists in this that you would not like to see on the main page? |
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Will do, already had DevTools setup to manually mess around with SpotX's experimental features. If it were up to me, I'd remove everything that doesn't change according to user listening history so seasonal sections (rip Holidays/Christmas music), Best of X year, Featured Charts (which I don't get for some reason) would go. Do Workout, Focus, Happy, Music to game to, Gaming music take it into account listening history? Haven't seen those on my account, just recently came back to Spotify after a long hiatus... |
at the moment it depends only on those who participate in this discussion 😉 added sections Featured Charts, The best of 2022, The Best Christmas Music, Happy Holidays |
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Do you still get suggestions? If so, then: |
Certainly |
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/section/0JQ5DAuChZYPe9iDhh2mJz |
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@Shituation |
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class="MfVrtIzQJ7iZXfRWg6eM" href="/section/0JQ5DAuChZYPe9iDhh2mJz">En tendencia Im still seeing it and its the first in the list. This is the "last" class="MfVrtIzQJ7iZXfRWg6eM" href="/section/0JQ5DAnM3wGh0gz1MXnu3D">Popular new releases |
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I meant this section 0JQ5DAob0JCuWaGLU6ntFY |
It seems I passed the wrong code for some reason, the last one is: "/section/0JQ5DAnM3wGh0gz1MXnu3D">Popular new releases 0JQ5DAuChZYPe9iDhh2mJz">En tendencia is still being shown, you say it has already been added, can there be any error? |
in order to block all these sections, you need to add an incoming parameter or use Install_Auto.bat |
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the "Automatic full installation" wants to overwrite my old spotify installation with a new version. I don't want to do that because Spotify removed the "block cookies" option.
I've found the instructions deep in the main page. |
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Hi! I've found some ad sections in the region of Hungary. Happy |
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Thanks @Hulayki Hmm, strange... I added your “Sad songs” section to the consideration list, the “Happy” section was already there, we need to arrange a vote soon |
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Interesting, I assumed they were personalized (as long as they had enough information for the user). Couldn't we just assume that the 92-90% are generic ads (since they seem to be major/mainstream/popular artists) and with the rest being actually tailored once they gather enough preference data to form personalized ads? |
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Yes, in this way the playlist can be called personalized if out of 100 tracks, one track is selected based on your preferences, and the other 99 are advertisements based on global trends, but not for me. Also, you have no idea if this one track is actually selected specifically for you, as my test consisted of simply comparing these personalized playlists among different users. I did not test those tracks based on taste preferences, so I think it's also advertising. If we take simple personalized playlists that we discussed earlier, I can assume that there are no recommendations specifically tailored to you in them at all. There is a large pool of tracks (4-5k), and for each user, 100 tracks are randomly generated from this selection, later as time passes, this pool is updated or refreshed with other tracks, but it's important to note that Spotify does have genuinely personalized playlists that recommend tracks solely for you, without any deception. The most popular examples of these are "Discover Weekly" and "Release Radar". |
- fixed patches for hiding podcasts and sections similar to ads - changing the list of sections #195 - included exp • encore cards • queue on right panel
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added all these sections |
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section/0JQ5IMCbQBLicmNERjnGn5 "Most Listened 2023" for Germany |
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added, thanks |
Description of the new feature / enhancement
Considering how podcasts/audiobooks have similarly dealt with a optional setting during install/with dev tools, would it be possible to likewise hide from the Homepage other sections like:
Many of these sections are essentially just ads in disguise, so in my opinion it should still fall within the original scope of SpotX. While people might want to have an option for rarely unused sections like Your top mixes, Recently played , Made for you, Uniquely yours, More like, Your favorite artists, Suggested artists, Recommended for today and More of what you like . . . those at least work using your (musical) preferences instead and thus would (in my opinion) fall more into the scope of things like Spicetify.
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