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On my Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon I just installed Spotify like this:

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

which is the most universal installation procedure as per their page.

I was however disappointed by the scaling on my extra high DPI laptop UHD display.

So, the question is, since this application does not auto-scale, how do I force it to a certain scale ratio?

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The solution was rather straightforward, that is creating a desktop entry and editing it with your favorite text editor, and adding this argument with some suitable number as a scale, in my example, there is 2.5, but you can use whatever you find suitable:

--force-device-scale-factor=2.5

So, the resulting desktop file could look like this:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Spotify
GenericName=Music Player
Icon=spotify-client
TryExec=spotify
Exec=spotify --force-device-scale-factor=2.5 %U
Terminal=false
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/spotify;
Categories=Audio;Music;Player;AudioVideo;
StartupWMClass=spotify

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  • OP is using Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon, in which case finding exactly which spotify.desktop file to edit can be tricky. Instead, if you use the built in mint menu, right click it and choose Configure, then under the Menu tab choose Open the menu editor and find Spotify. Click Properties and add the --force-device-scale-factor=2.0 flag to the command text-box.
    – Ari Cooper-Davis
    Commented May 19, 2021 at 11:17

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