Heres a method to mute/block Spotify ads without having to crack or mod the Spotify installation in any way.
Go to https://github.com/Xeroday/Spotify-Ad-Blocker/releases and download the .exe
Run it as Administrator every time you want to use Spotify, and it will minimize to taskbar.
For convenience, you can create a shortcut, change it to "run as administrator every time’ and drag it to your windows startup folder (launch RUN using win + R and type shell:startup), and it will run everytime you start your pc.
Tip: I personally have used it for 2 years and recently I found out that it won’t mute ads if you minmize Spotify. So make sure you keep your Spotify window open.
This is not my work, its just something I thought you guys would like, as I’ve seen many people asking for cracked spotify.