It gets worse:

Luckily the company behind them went bankrupt, but it’s only a matter of time before someone else is more successful with the idea.

Refuse to buy their product if their ad is obnoxious.

Not the person you’re replying to, but Nord sponsors a lot of “entertainment” youtubers. If you watch those kinds of videos you’re inundated with their ads.

Mullvad is a solid choice.

It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.

Subverting ads doesn’t even need to be high art. E.g.

Luckily that’s still uncommon here, so there’s only a couple gas stations that do it. I won’t give them a cent.

Avatar of Vengeance

You’re making me reminisce about my edgy teenage years.