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Kill Sticky bookmarklet[1]. Also works on mobile. Get in the habit of clicking it, you'll start using it a lot to recover that extra inch of vertical space that web devs love to take away from you for some bizarre reason.

[1] https://github.com/t-mart/kill-sticky

NoScript[2] often prevents them from showing up in the first place, but it's a bit bigger lift to get used to using.

[2] https://noscript.net/

Web devs do not love to take it away from you. However, designers, product owners and project managers do.

Whatever. I'm just glad I have the tools I need to clean up the mess y'all are making.

I just use a bookmarklet that nukes any position:fixed elements on the page. Works on toolbars, cookie banners, full page interstitials — really shockingly useful on the hostile web.

javascript:(function()%7B(function%20()%20%7Bvar%20i%2C%20elements%20%3D%20document.querySelectorAll('body%20*')%3Bfor%20(i%20%3D%200%3B%20i%20%3C%20elements.length%3B%20i%2B%2B)%20%7Bif%20(getComputedStyle(elements%5Bi%5D).position%20%3D%3D%3D%20'fixed')%20%7Belements%5Bi%5D.parentNode.removeChild(elements%5Bi%5D)%3B%7D%7D%7D)()%7D)()

I use uBlock or Tridactyl (vim bindings for Firefox) to zap things like that temporarily.