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That was my reaction as well. Clicked the back button straight away and went looking in the comments to find out what was said in the article.

I actually had two separate full screen ads when I tried to visit this page on my phone.

view source -> delete spammy node

Why bother? This kind pic ads is just an indicator of poor content.

In my experience, HBR very rarely has poor content.

Not a very good indicator — the writer has nothing to do with the ad platform.

With javascript disabled, I am only locked out when the author didn't intend to do so.