[Thasc]

I got halfway through reading that, well enough absorbed, and then an invitation to subscribe popped up in the middle of my field of view and nuked my attention. When are those going to stop being popular?

[sneak]

They became popular because they are effective. Expect more of that.

Get uBlock Origin and default deny third party js requests. Greylist on a per-site basis. The uBlock docs tell you how, though it is somewhat buried. Click the lock after every change to persist settings (this bit me many times).

[_rpd]

> They became popular because they are effective.

I believe this, but I'd like to read more about their effectiveness. Is there a particularly good article on the topic?

[wodenokoto]

The only thing that stopped the pop-up window was the pop-up blocker.

So I am guessing never. Unlike pop-up windows, these thing can, from a browser/adblocker point of view look like basically anything.