Yes, those things are BAD - for the USER. For the website, those things are quite lucrative, because users click on exactly those kinds of things. The ad indu

Yes, those things are BAD - for the USER. For the website, those things are quite lucrative, because users click on exactly those kinds of things. The ad industry's bad ADs are in response to 1 thing - clicks. If they didn't work, the industry would not do it. I run an AdBlocker myself, and do not like crazy ads, popups, etc. personally. But don't mistake OUR dislike for those things with the reason they exist, because they work.