audio ads sampled at max volume that multiplied every time you tried to close them...
They are the reason people started making products like ublock, and why for most of the 90s I browsed the web with javascript off unless I trusted the site or needed the service for the moment.
Now nothing renders if you do and you need 3 extensions just to not constantly be mobbed by ads
I would argue that the fact we are nerds means we will more often than not be right, but be unable to say it in an ego soothing way to the gorillas in suits that actually hold the budget decisions.