Ads not being blocked on 9to5google.com and 9to5mac.com

[thanuj10]

Description

Ads are not being blocked on https://www.9to5google.com and https://www.9to5mac.com

Steps to Reproduce

1. Visit 9to5mac.com/9to5google.com
2. Wait for page to load fully
3. Ads are also loaded and visible.

Actual result:

Ads are also loaded along with the webpage on its homepage and its subsequent articles.

Expected result:

Ads are blocked on both homepage and article pages.

Reproduces how often:

Very Easily reproduced.

Brave version (brave://version info)

• Brave | 1.4.25 Chromium: 79.0.3945.79 (Official Build) nightly (64-bit)
• Revision | 29f75ce3f42b007bd80361b0dfcfee3a13ff90b8-refs/branch-heads/3945@{Add balance check #916}
• OS | Windows 10 OS Version 1903 (Build 18362.418)

Version/Channel Information:

• Can you reproduce this issue with the current release? Not tested
• Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel? Not Tested
• Can you reproduce this issue with the dev channel? Not Tested
• Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel? Yes.

Other Additional Information:

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? No
• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards? No
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? N/A

Miscellaneous Information:

N/A

[srirambv]

cc: @ryanbr issue happens on release version too

[ryanbr]

These ads aren't easy to remove, but will be fixed in our cosmetic/ubo stuff. See this related thread;
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/ublock-a-lean-and-fast-blocker.365273/page-166#post-2878614

[kjozwiak]

+1 from myself. Seeing this on all the current channels including 1.2.41 Chromium: 79.0.3945.88 which is the latest release.

[Wolfenstein98k]

Using latest mobile Brave (1.7.0), confirmed as still a bug.

[ryanbr]

Have been testing this, seems to be a limitation in Chrome. Having the same issue with uBo+Chrome.. Firefox+uBo seems to be okay. (on the Desktoip here)

Also a few details: https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/el4ng5/ads_on_9to5googlecom/fdg3xit/

[Wolfenstein98k]

Thanks ^

In the context of mobile - I've tested this with Firefox, with uBlock Origin installed as mobile add-on, and the ads are blocked. There also appears to be no WW redirect.

But with Brave, same mobile and connection, the WW redirect is forced every time and the ads show every time. Definitely a Brave issue.

EDIT: on desktop, no issue with Chrome + uBlock Origin. Blocks well. Cannot test Brave on this PC though.

I disagree with that Reddit link... I think the issue is solely Brave's blocking tools, because I can successfully dodge the ads with everything (+uBlock Origin) EXCEPT Brave.

[ryanbr]

Possibly more movement, a new filter suggested:

9to5google.com,9to5mac.com,9to5toys.com,dronedj.com,electrek.co,marketrealist.com##+js(set, String.prototype.charCodeAt, trueFunc)

https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/el4ng5/ads_on_9to5googlecom/ffek56d/

I'll see how this works for us, if it doesn't I'll logged a issue report.

[ryanbr]

We need to support ##+js(set,...) to fix this site.

[rebron]

cc: @ryanbr Looks like this issue is fixed in release/beta/etc. Not sure if you addressed this one already.

[ryanbr]

Everything should working now @thanuj10 Just re-checked. site is clean of ads.