This website redirects away from the article after a short while if you run an ad blocker. I won't turn mine off, for reasons that ironically have to do with a distrust of third party tracking networks.
EDIT: NoScript did the trick.
EDIT: NoScript did the trick.
This doesn't mean you have to stay; if this behavior annoys you, don't read their content. But don't complain that their website is "sending you away", because that's exactly what they want. You laid out your demands (ignore the fact that I'm using an ad-blocker), and they're showing you the door.
Personally, I make a judgement call. On the Atlantic I got the ad block message recently and decided to switch it off as I find the content unique and well-written. They're not a news-aggregator or a spammer, their ads aren't that intrusive... I think it's a fair-call.
Class of customer, in the sense of the question, is a visual attribute of a customer making them unwelcome due the low probability of them being profitable for the store.
But, it would be nice if there were some way to filter out sites like this one, and others that have interstitials or the infamous "Forbes Thought Of The Day" and all the other nuisances.
Because I don't want to be on their site any more than they want me on their site. They just keep showing up in my various news feeds.
curl https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/556214/ \
|sed -n '/<section id=\"article/{s/.ad width=/<!ad width=/g;s/<div/<!div/g;/<p>/,/<\/p>/!d;/amp-img.*cdn.theatl/{s/amp-//g;s/layout=.responsive.//;};p;}'|tr -cd '\12\40-\176' > 1.htm
firefox file:///1.htm ;