[Bug]: Disable Spotify Live Tiles breaks playback

[yodaluca23]

Description

When running "Block Spotify Live Tile hosts" Spotify often refuses to play longer than 5-6 seconds of a song, and is unable to fetch Ablum Art properly.

How can the bug be recreated?

1. Open Privacy.Sexy on Windows
2. Select switch for "Block Spotify Live Tile hosts"
3. Run the script.
4. Open Spotify
5. Play somthing.
6. Skip a couple of songs.
7. Eventually it'll just stop playing...

Operating system

Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 23H2
Installed on ‎8/‎5/‎2024
OS build 22631.4037
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22700.1027.0

Script file

@echo off
:: https://privacy.sexy — v0.13.6 — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 22:45:39 GMT
:: Ensure admin privileges
fltmc >nul 2>&1 || (
echo Administrator privileges are required.
PowerShell Start -Verb RunAs '%0' 2> nul || (
echo Right-click on the script and select "Run as administrator".
pause & exit 1
)
exit 0
)
:: Initialize environment
setlocal EnableExtensions DisableDelayedExpansion

:: ----------------------------------------------------------
:: ----------Block Spotify Live Tile hosts (revert)----------
:: ----------------------------------------------------------
echo --- Block Spotify Live Tile hosts (revert)
:: Remove hosts entries for spclient.wg.spotify.com
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$domain ='spclient.wg.spotify.com'; $hostsFilePath = "^""$env:WINDIR\System32\drivers\etc\hosts"^""; $comment = "^""managed by privacy.sexy"^""; $hostsFileEncoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8; $blockingHostsEntries = @(; @{ AddressType = "^""IPv4"^""; IPAddress = '0.0.0.0'; }; @{ AddressType = "^""IPv6"^""; IPAddress = '::1'; }; ); try { $isHostsFilePresent = Test-Path -Path $hostsFilePath -PathType Leaf -ErrorAction Stop; } catch { Write-Error "^""Failed to check hosts file existence. Error: $"^""; exit 1; }; if (-Not $isHostsFilePresent) { Write-Output 'Skipping, the hosts file does not exist.'; exit 0; }; foreach ($blockingEntry in $blockingHostsEntries) { Write-Output "^""Processing removal for $($blockingEntry.AddressType) entry."^""; try { $hostsFileContents = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($hostsFilePath, $hostsFileEncoding); } catch { Write-Error "^""Failed to read the hosts file for removal. Error: $"^""; continue; }; $hostsEntryLine = "^""$($blockingEntry.IPAddress)`t$domain $([char]35) $comment"^""; if ([String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($hostsFileContents) -Or (-Not $hostsFileContents.Contains($hostsEntryLine))) { Write-Output 'Skipping, entry not found.'; continue; }; $hostsEntryRemovalPattern = [regex]::Escape($hostsEntryLine) + "^""(\r?\n)?"^""; $hostsFileContentAfterRemoval = $hostsFileContents -Replace $hostsEntryRemovalPattern, "^"""^""; try { [System.IO.File]::WriteAllText($hostsFilePath, $hostsFileContentAfterRemoval, $hostsFileEncoding); Write-Output 'Successfully removed the entry.'; } catch { Write-Error "^""Failed to remove the entry. Error: $_"^""; continue; }; }"
:: ----------------------------------------------------------

:: Pause the script to view the final state
pause
:: Restore previous environment settings
endlocal
:: Exit the script successfully
exit /b 0

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