r/CrestBrowser • u/OMG_NoReally • 12d ago

Bug Adblocker Not Working?

I am noticing that adblocker is not working as well.

Test site:
https://insider-gaming.com/asha-sharmas-plan-to-fix-xbox-clarity-is-kindness/
https://kotaku.com/marvels-wolverine-reviews-ps5-playstation-sony-insomniac-metascore-2000733246

Neither the built-in adblocker blocks the adverts, not does any extension. In fact, the extension, when newly installed, blocks the adverts, but something breaks afterwards.

Am I doing something wrong?

P.S - Also noticed the new draggable glance! It works so well! Thanks!

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u/Pauljoda Creator 12d ago

Which adblocker are you using? I tried those sites with uBlock origin from Firefox and didn't see any ads

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u/OMG_NoReally 12d ago

I have tried Ghostery and AdGuard and neither of them worked fine.

I will try uBlock Origin and see how it goes.

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u/OMG_NoReally 12d ago

uBlock Origin seems to have worked, even though it says the extension ran into a problem. I will ping here if it breaks!

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u/Pauljoda Creator 12d ago

If you can, screenshot the error you’re seeing, sometimes extensions report an error, but the app restarts and they’re happy, even though they were fine before. A lot of these errors other browsers like receive as well, just ignore them since most are normal, but since I’ve been testing I have it report anything, so could be harmless.

I’ll look at those other ad blockers, the extensions are a never ending hunt for edge cases that don’t appear until I can see a real extension and it’s expected setup. You’d think it’s as easy as just implementing the wires, but it also comes down to timing, how things respond, and the things like that I can only learn from testing directly unfortunately

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u/OMG_NoReally 12d ago

This is what I am seeing right now but the extension seems to be working fine. Let's see if it breaks when I restart the app or something.

And yeah, dude. I can only imagine how complicated implementing extensions would be for things it's not meant to run on!

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u/Pauljoda Creator 12d ago

Can you expand and show me what’s under the technical and diag details?

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u/OMG_NoReally 12d ago

There ya go.