Set Duck Player to Never for new users

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Task/Issue URL: https://app.asana.com/1/137249556945/task/1215652881336097?focus=true
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Important

If version.properties is lower than 5.283.1.6, update it to 5.284.0, otherwise, Ad Blocking will be off

Description

Set Duck Player to Never for new users

Steps to test this PR

Feature disabled, new user > Ask Every Time

• Fresh install the app
• Complete the onboarding
• Open Duck Player settings
• Check state is Ask Every Time

Feature enabled, disabled by default, new user > Ask Every Time

• Apply Patch 1 ad blocking enabled and disabled by default
• Fresh install the app
• Complete the onboarding
• Open YouTube Ad Blocking > Duck Player settings
• Check state is Ask Every Time

Feature enabled, enabled by default, existing user > Ask Every Time

• Install the app from develop
• Complete the onboarding
• Switch to this branch
• Apply Patch 2: ad blocking enabled and enabled by default
• Fresh install the app
• Complete the onboarding
• Open YouTube Ad Blocking > Duck Player settings
• Check state is Never

Feature enabled, enabled by default, new user > Never

• Apply Patch 2: ad blocking enabled and enabled by default
• Fresh install the app
• Complete the onboarding
• Open YouTube Ad Blocking > Duck Player settings
• Check state is Never

UI changes

n/a

Patches

Patch 1 ad blocking enabled and disabled by default

Subject: [PATCH] ad blocking enabled and disabled by default
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Index: privacy-config/privacy-config-api/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/privacy/config/api/PrivacyFeatureName.kt
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diff --git a/privacy-config/privacy-config-api/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/privacy/config/api/PrivacyFeatureName.kt b/privacy-config/privacy-config-api/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/privacy/config/api/PrivacyFeatureName.kt
--- a/privacy-config/privacy-config-api/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/privacy/config/api/PrivacyFeatureName.kt	(revision d85af13fffb7404a41cbe6a1ba587521ca6d9af4)
+++ b/privacy-config/privacy-config-api/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/privacy/config/api/PrivacyFeatureName.kt	(date 1781614366554)
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@
     TrackingParametersFeatureName("trackingParameters"),
 }
 
-const val PRIVACY_REMOTE_CONFIG_URL = "https://staticcdn.duckduckgo.com/trackerblocking/config/v5/android-config.json"
+const val PRIVACY_REMOTE_CONFIG_URL = "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/CrisBarreiro/91d53b9f9411079f57d13bcbe02c3750/raw/2729c8de3c1090cb967a2fabc283a381d87961e2/android-config.json"

Patch 2: ad blocking enabled and enabled by default

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Note

Medium Risk
Changes first-run defaults and YouTube navigation behavior for new users under remote-config rollout; existing users with stored prefs are mostly unchanged, but the new init-time write depends on toggle timing.

Overview
Duck Player no longer ties default private-player mode to live ad-blocking consent via AdBlockingStatusChecker. When preferences are unset, getUserPreferences and observeUserPreferences now always surface AlwaysAsk instead of sometimes defaulting to Disabled.

For fresh installs only, RealDuckPlayer watches stored preferences plus AdBlockingExtensionFeature (self and enabledByDefault) and persists Disabled (Never) once when the user has no stored mode and the extension rollout is on with enabled-by-default—without overwriting an existing choice.

Tests swap the status-checker mocks for feature toggles and AppBuildConfig, and add coverage for the rollout persistence guards.

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