I know you mean that tongue in cheek, but on fairness to the OP, there have been some very aggressive ads on FT in the past couple of years getting past QC until someone reports them. We all know FT needs to make money, but some screening of the ads would be much appreciated too.

I've most definitely clicked through some FT banner ads that are interesting to me, but like the OP, I will intentionally pass the really aggressive ones even if it's a product or service I would have otherwise been interested in. I'm very much one to avoid something out of pure principal even if inconveniences a bit.