https://github.com/zotify-dev/zotify I haven't used it in a while but it worked perfectly when I did.

Soulseek is another great option

Soggfy intercepts the audio to rip an ogg or mp3 file. You need premium for 320 but other than that should do the job.

There’s a ViolentMonkey script that uses Lucidia and provides you a download button next to songs in the Spotify web players.

Yes, https://github.com/casualsnek/onthespot

Presuming it still works, as it is unmaintained for a while now

I use one called Spotidown. You just copy the link and download the MP3. I've downloaded a few thousand songs with it and haven't noticed your issue.

Telegram @deezload2bot.

this chinese site had some music i couldn't find elsewhere, might work for you too 22a5.com

on linux it is easy to record the audio that is sent to the sound device. lots of programs do it.

onthespot doesn't look too bad if you want to download from spotify directly.

I just download from youtube though. It's very easy with yt-dlp.

The "stream what you hear" app can record audio from anything that is playing. (on Windows.)