Irritating pop-ups

I believe that discount offers, cookie prompts, and GDPR banners are user-hostile interfaces that demand your attention and interrupt your browsing experience. This is especially true if you have ADHD.

GDPR requests

• AdGuard has a fairly complete solution for hiding them.
• Consent-O-Matic [github]
• I don't care about cookies (they have no mechanism to report bugs)

Full-screen ads

In early 2025, full-screen ads started appearing on otherwise respectable websites. No longer confined to porn sites or the Pirate Bay, they began appearing on high-reputation sites like the BBC.

Some solutions:

• AdGuard
  • It has a list of annoyance filters that can be enabled one-by-one.
  • Note: They have only a limited free tier.
  • download just the Firefox extension, not their extra .exe crap
  • Github repo

Generally

• AdGuard's "Annoyances" filter
• Add-ons:
  • Demodal — block modals and overlays, including GDPR banners