User earns rewards while native macOS notifications are suppressed

[tmancey]

Description

When notifications are disabled for the browser, ad notifications still register as having been displayed and the user is able to earn BAT in spite of never having seen a notification or ad.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Enable Brave Rewards and Ads
2. Visit System Preferences > Notifications in macOS Settings
3. Disable notifications for Brave

Actual result:

The browser believes it is showing ad notifications from time to time.

Expected result:

The browser ceases to show notifications, or is aware that they aren't visible.

Reproduces how often:

Easily reproduced

Brave version (brave://version info)

0.70.x

Version/Channel Information:

• Can you reproduce this issue with the current release? Yes
• Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel? Yes
• Can you reproduce this issue with the dev channel? Yes
• Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel? Yes

Other Additional Information:

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? N/A
• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards? No
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? N/A

Miscellaneous Information:

[Miyayes]

+1 https://www.reddit.com/r/BATProject/comments/d10w4g/brave_bug_on_macos/

[Miyayes]

+1 https://www.reddit.com/r/BATProject/comments/dgh2md/macos_catalina_receiving_rewards_but_no/ Catalina

[tmancey]

Resolved by #3651

[tmancey]

Reopening issue as #3651 did not resolve the issue as we are blocked until Chromium notifications are transitioned to UNUserNotificationCenter

[Miyayes]

+1 https://www.reddit.com/r/BATProject/comments/f4a4eg/im_getting_bat_without_seeing_ads/

[tmancey]

Blocked as issue will be closed once #9592 has been implemented

[tmancey]

Closing issue as superseded by #9592