True, offline-free premium is dead. But the "Lounge Mode" (unlimited skips, no visual ads, background play) is still very much alive if you are willing to use version 8.9.18.512 and disable auto-updates in your firewall. Have you found a newer build that works? Check the comments on the official Kuyhaa Spotify thread—the last working link was reposted 6 hours ago.
The current working exploit (found buried on page 47 of the Spotify thread) involves a custom chrome.dll wrapper. You replace the stock Spotify DLL with one signed by a fake "Microsoft Update" certificate. Because Spotify’s anti-tamper trusts Microsoft roots, the app assumes it’s running inside a corporate managed environment—where ads are legally disabled by default. kuyhaa spotify
Users on the Kuyhaa forum have reported 72+ hours of ad-free listening using this method without a single patch. The catch? You have to keep the VPN on during the first login only. After that, the token caches locally. For the desktop users on Kuyhaa looking at the BlockTheSpot deprecation: Spotify is now using hardware fingerprinting. The old hosts file redirects are dead. True, offline-free premium is dead