i found an easy and fast download site for songs on spotify that ive been using for a few days. the search is not great, but in terms of downloading a song with cover art and meta data it does the job.

another one my favorites is spotifydownload which can also be found on github. i love it because it can be used with a cron job to backup any public playlists. no login, auth, or requirement for credentials. it’s super straightforward and incredibly easy to automate.