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overzealous content blocking issue
We can't expect Liam to fix our overzealous content blockers, so lets fix it ourselves.

First the currently known issues:
1. Some content blockers block like buttons.
2. Third party content blocking blocks Article pictures, because they come from golmedia.net

What've I found right now.
Ublock origin doesn't have issue one, so it's unsuited for testing, but suited for usage.
The build-in content blocker of my browser is zealous enough to cause two and sometimes one.
AdGuard AdBlocker is zealous enough for issue one and is as such suited for testing.

@@||gamingonlinux.com*&domain=www.gamingonlinux.com,domain=www.golmedia.net doesn't do squad.
Liam Dawe Jul 2
Number 2 is especially annoying, because the original reason we put it into a separate domain was other blockers flagged media from the same source. You just can’t win.

I get why people use blockers (I do) but they often cause issues because the people who make the block lists often just add things without really looking.

Does it tell you and show you when it blocks media??

Last edited by Liam Dawe on 2 July 2024 at 1:53 pm UTC
Quoting: Liam DaweNumber 2 is especially annoying, because the original reason we put it into a separate domain was other blockers flagged media from the same source. You just can’t win.

I get why people use blockers (I do) but they often cause issues because the people who make the block lists often just add things without really looking.

Does it tell you and show you when it blocks media??

Jup.
I can see the tagline images, but not the article pictures.
Also this isn't a standard adblocker problem.
This is probably build into my browser, because without adblocker it also fails and it leaves a picture of a broken document and my adblocker tends to leave no traces (ublock origin).
Based on what I experienced when I tried to visit the explicit link it could be cloudfare associated.
When I visited te link explicitly cloudfare stopped me.

I inspected the crashed picture and got:
QuoteThe resource at “https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js” was blocked due to its Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy header (or lack thereof). See https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTTP/Cross-Origin_Resource_Policy_(CORP)# will-anything-dethrone-the-steam-deck-probably-not

Edit:
new horrible news some article pictures do load I can't tell you why.

Last edited by LoudTechie on 2 July 2024 at 2:24 pm UTC
On issue #1 the problem lies in "AdGuard Social Media filter"

Edit: This is the problematic list.

Last edited by LoudTechie on 2 July 2024 at 2:39 pm UTC
the "AdGuard Social Media filter" is a horrible list it's primary elements is javascript code without the enters.

Edit: correction it's deliberately slightly obfuscated.

The readable version with docs can be obtained at github.com/AdguardTeam/deep-override

Last edited by LoudTechie on 2 July 2024 at 3:06 pm UTC
I expect the problem to lie under "General hiding rules"

the "share group" is what's being blocked

Last edited by LoudTechie on 2 July 2024 at 3:20 pm UTC
I'll try gamingonlinux.com#@#.share.group

Is there critique on this line


Last edited by LoudTechie on 2 July 2024 at 3:37 pm UTC
Liam Dawe Jul 2
It's probably a good idea to get in touch with whoever makes it, and if they don't solve it - try something else. There's literally zero need to block our media domain, it's only used to host our media.
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