Some months ago, I believe it was the online Duluth News Tribune that had intrusive ads for Amazon that took over the screen and the browser tab. the only way I made the ads disappear was to close the tab and open a new tap. I complained about it several times and they haven’t appeared since.
Today, the online Washington Post had two of these same intrusive ads for Amazon. The only way I got rid of them was to close the tabs.
It is one thing to have ads in a sidebar or interspersed in stories. We have the same in print media. The ads help cover some of the costs of putting out the publications so that we pay less. We can skip the ads or we can read them; it is our choice. But these ads are not our choice.
No matter what online publication you are reading, if this happens to you be sure to let the publishers know.
In the case of the Washington Post, send email to readers@washpost.com.
