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Add Fandom/Wikia Featured Videos to filter #4256

Closed ghost closed 5 years ago

ghost commented 5 years ago

URL(s) where the issue occurs

This page has a list of fandom/wikia pages that have video ads, for the warframe fandom: https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Category:FANDOM_Video

Describe the issue

Fandom/Wikia runs videos on select wikia pages. They profit from the pre-roll ads, and the video content is supposed to be relevant to the page. As the videos are added by Fandom/Wikia and not the wiki community, they are often outdated and without value even after the pre-roll ads have been blocked by uBO. The video frame should be treated as an ad, and blocked.

Settings

This filter works on all fandoms, not just warframe: fandom.com##.featured-video

Notes

The main issue for argument is that the videos are not ads per se, but as I mentioned it is added by Fandom/Wikia for monetization, and not curated by the wiki community.

mapx- commented 5 years ago

eventually for easylist ?! @ryanbr

okiehsch commented 5 years ago

The video frame should be treated as an ad, and blocked.

I disagree, how can the video - without the blocked pre-roll ad - be considered an ad? What is it advertising beyond the topic it describes? I take your point that the information may be outdated or without value, but even in that case it is an annoyance and not an ad in my opinion.

okiehsch commented 5 years ago

@joootdooot this should be fixed with fandom.com##.featured-video__wrapper, which is now part of uBO-annoyances.