I support your point. Ads especially those pop ads are so annoying and when one needed to see something urgently, ads distracts through redirected links.
Due to the current cyber attack going, phishing links may be hidden under an ads to hack people's accounts.
Even if ads are needed on steemit, now is not the time.
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