distrowatch.com: ads

[Nekosis]

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URL address of the web page

https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mx

Category

ads

Description

Shows multiple ads in the website almost as if there was no ad blocker. Applies for all distribution pages on DistroWatch.

Screenshot(s)

Screenshot(s)

 Screenshot taken using built in Screenshot Full Page feature in Firefox. You can clearly see multiple ads towards the top of the page.

Configuration

```yaml uBlock Origin: 1.49.2 Firefox: 113 filterset (summary): network: 93738 cosmetic: 39071 scriptlet: 17687 html: 932 listset (total-discarded, last-updated): default: user-filters: 0-0, never ublock-filters: 34402-58, 2d.2h.24m ublock-badware: 7210-1, 2d.2h.24m ublock-privacy: 420-0, 2d.2h.24m ublock-abuse: 69-69, 2d.2h.24m ublock-unbreak: 2035-1, 2d.2h.24m ublock-quick-fixes: 195-0, 9h.17m easylist: 66811-658, 2d.2h.24m easyprivacy: 31573-601, 2d.2h.24m urlhaus-1: 6896-0, 3m plowe-0: 3359-2, 2d.2h.24m filterset (user): [empty] modifiedUserSettings: [none] modifiedHiddenSettings: [none] supportStats: allReadyAfter: 1317 ms (selfie) maxAssetCacheWait: 80 ms popupPanel: blocked: 5 network: googlesyndication.com: 1 media.net: 2 s-onetag.com: 1 unblockia.com: 1 cosmetic: ##a[href*=\"3cx.com\"] ```

[MasterKia]

@aaronliu0130: After blocking the ads, there is an awkward blank column to the right that takes up way too much space. I'm pretty sure that this is a leftover.

[mapx-]

@aaronliu0130

test for breakage

distrowatch.com#@#table .Invert:has-text(/3cx|sponsor|tuxedo|star lab|free tech guides|malibal|advertisement|shells|purism/i):upward(table)
distrowatch.com##table .Invert:has-text(/3cx|sponsor|tuxedo|star lab|free tech guides|malibal|advertisement|shells|purism/i):upward(table):upward([style="width: 20%; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; vertical-align: top"])

[aaronliu0130]

@mapx- That seems to fix the original issue, but now homepage ads have leftovers that weren't there before:

[mapx-]

add only the second filter, test again

[aaronliu0130]

seems to work fine now!