There was a button that said "Continue using adblocker" that removed the popup and let me read the article.

uBlock v1.11.1.0 managed it flawlessly.

Your 3rd party software is irrelevant to the article.

I read the link from work where they've disabled the use of adblockers, I didn't have any trouble.

F12, delete element

I simply used reader view in Firefox.

I hate websites like that.

I didn't have to disable mine???

You can use your adblocker (well, uBlock origin) to block the elements that popup over the article.