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    Installing spotify on Linux

If you use Snap to install Spotify:
snap install spotify

Spotify startup time on my machine is ~30s.
On the other hand installing it from .deb file:
curl -sS https://download.spotify.com/debian/pubkey_0D811D58.gpg | sudo apt-key add - 
echo "deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install spotify-client

Leads to instant startup time!
Spotify and HiDPI displays

You need to change a shortcut located at /usr/share/applications/spotify.desktop. Change the following line:
Exec=spotify %U

to
Exec=spotify --force-device-scale-factor=2.0 %U