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anti-adblock on kijk.nl detects adblocker and prevents playing videos #22432

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gerardvd opened this issue Apr 20, 2022 · 2 comments
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anti-adblock on kijk.nl detects adblocker and prevents playing videos #22432

gerardvd opened this issue Apr 20, 2022 · 2 comments
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OS/Android Fixes related to Android browser functionality OS/Desktop webcompat/shields Shields is breaking a website.

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Description

Trying to play any video on kijk.nl with the ad blocker turned on, will result in a message
"you're using an ad blocker, disable it for kijk.nl to watch all programs and movies for free"

Steps to Reproduce

  1. go to kijk.nl
  2. select any of the video thumbnails to start watching

Actual result:

A message requesting you to disable the ad blocker
Screenshot 2022-04-20 at 20 58 18

Expected result:

Brave tricking the website into playing the video without commercials.

Reproduces how often:

Easily reproduced

Desktop Brave version:

revision: 6a1600ed572fedecd573b6c2b90a22fe6392a410-refs/branch-heads/4638@{#984}
OS: macOS Version 11.6.4 (Build 20G417)

Android Device details:

  • Install type: ARM
  • Device type: Phone
  • Android version: 12

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Other Additional Information:

The issue resolves itself when disabling "trackers and add blocking"

Miscellaneous Information:

@gerardvd gerardvd added OS/Android Fixes related to Android browser functionality OS/Desktop labels Apr 20, 2022
@ryanbr ryanbr self-assigned this Apr 21, 2022
@ryanbr ryanbr added the webcompat/shields Shields is breaking a website. label Apr 21, 2022
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ryanbr commented Apr 21, 2022

Investigating, will update ticket. @gerardvd

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ryanbr commented Apr 21, 2022

Subscribe too https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EasyDutch-uBO/EasyDutch/main/EasyDutch/Anti-Adblock.txt (add into brave://adblock) @gerardvd

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