Adguardfilters: NYTimes.com - Blocked cookie consent = Blocked videos (AdGuard Annoyances filter)

[THEtomaso]

Affected site:

https://www.nytimes.com/

Issue:

Depending on the location which you're connecting from, some videos won't play if the cookie consent is blocked.

Example:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/style/robot-furniture-beep-beep-boop.html

Problem filter:

• AdGuard Annoyances filter

Problem rule:

nytimes.com##.expanded.gdpr[data-testid="gdpr-dock"]

Fix:

Remove the above rule, and allow the cookie consent!

Note:

For the videos to play, the page needs to be refreshed after having accepted the cookie consent (site issue).

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• OS/version: Windows 8.1 Pro (x64)
• Browser/version: Pale Moon v28.2.1 (x64)
• Adblock Extension/version: uBlock Origin v1.16.4.5 (XUL)

[krystian3w]

Catch cookie after accept cookie and I try create script cookie create for AdGuard ~2.10.15 (uBlock Origin will have to enjoy the message display).

nytimes.com#%#document.cookie = "NYT-T=ok";

maybe add detection and maybe reload

[THEtomaso]

@krystian3w:

If you're able to reproduce this issue from your location, then perhaps you could post a confirmation message here?:
https://github.com/ryanbr/fanboy-adblock/issues/692/
So far, ryanbr has been unwilling to do anything about this problem, since he's unable to reproduce it from his end.

[krystian3w]

Of course, yes I can reproduce; the video does not play/autoplay without a cookieNYT-T (for domain ".nytimes.com") with any value eg. ok (default by site), no, 1 etc.

[Alex-302]

@THEtomaso I can't reproduce. Should I use VPN?(which country?)

[krystian3w]

Try use with EU/Europe IP (proxy/vpn). For Example Poland or Norway (as I remember, what he has @THEtomaso)

In Poland I have Cookie Wall and "first-party" videos won't play:

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before accept (black poll) | after accept + reload (video autostart after download).

[THEtomaso]

Yeah, I connect from Norway.

[Alex-302]

Ok fixed.

[THEtomaso]

@Alex-302:
Another exception rule is needed now (blocked cookie consent again).

Affected site:

https://www.nytimes.com/

Issue:

Depending on the location which you're connecting from, some videos won't play if the cookie consent is blocked.

Example:

https://www.nytimes.com/video/magazine/100000006246697/olivia-colman-emma-stone-and-rachel-weisz-coffee-to-go.html

Problem filter:

• AdGuard Spyware filter

Problem rule:

||optimizely.com^$third-party

Possible fix:

@@||cdn.optimizely.com/public/*$script,domain=www.nytimes.com

Note:

Issue confirmed by okiehsch here:
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/4418/#issuecomment-450040741

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• OS/version: Windows 8.1 Pro (x64)
• Browser/version: Pale Moon v28.2.2 (x64)
• Adblock Extension/version: uBlock Origin v1.16.4.6 (XUL)

[THEtomaso]

@AdamWr:
No response from Alex-302.
Perhaps you could look into fixing this (see previous post).

[AdamWr]

Ok, added:

!+ NOT_PLATFORM(windows, mac, android, ext_chromium, ext_edge)
@@||cdn.optimizely.com/public/$script,domain=nytimes.com

By the way, without that rule video doesn't autoplay and video player is black, but works if I click on it. Anyway I added that rule as it's unexcepted behavior in my opinion.