Reddit Ads

Xytronix

Currently the content blocker doesn't block reddit ads. I would appreciate native ad block on reddit.

The benefit would be Users being able to browse without ads on reddit

laiz

Hey! Where on reddit are you seeing ads? I was unable to reproduce this on macOS nor iOS. Pictures, and more details about your setup would be helpful.

Xytronix

https://www.reddit.com/?rdt=59502

Perhaps a regional issue?

Yannick

I don't see ads in Reddit 🤷

Xytronix

Yannick It must be a regional issues for localized reddit versions. Please test with german reddit

Yannick

@Xytronix#p59735 You mean logging in from Germany using a VPN for exemple?

Xytronix

Yannick Yes. Can you test that?

It am sure there is something stopping services as uBlock Origin / Content Blocker blocking those ads.

laiz

I did the following and was still unable to reproduce the issue:

connect to a German server on my VPN
create a fresh Orion profile
create a fresh reddit account
go to https://reddit.com/r/all and scroll down

As can be seen from the video below, I did not encounter any ads.

Upon further review, I also tested changing my localization and interface language to German on reddit. That did not change the behavior in any way.

Xytronix

laiz When you enable compatibility mode, do you see Reddit Ads?

laiz

Xytronix
I see these with compatibility mode enabled. No ads on the edge of the page though. I have also ensured my VPN does not have any DNS-based ad filters enabled.

Xytronix

@Yannick with the help of laiz I fixed the issue by putting reddit.com##.promotedlink into my filter list.

I would appreciate this being added into the shipped content blocker filters.

laiz

Xytronix
reddit.com##.promotedlink
has been included in the default configuration for a very long time.
This is the fresh profile setup I get, and it should match a fresh install.

Xytronix

laiz The time I installed Orion RC it wasn't included.
Updating Orion RC didn't cause the filters to be added as well.