I beg to differ. I use AdBlockPlus (ABP) and I can block 99% of these banners, and proceed immediately to the website.
One can also use NoScript to block some websites that are full of crap/trackers (like techcrunch).
AdBlock Plus is owned by eyeo GmbH which actively forces media and news agencies to pay fees to allow advertising in their "acceptable ads" program. You can look that up on northdata.
I would heavily recommend to switch to uBlock Origin (and maybe uMatrix) instead.
Disclosure: worked for eyeo in the past, and quit.
I beg to differ. I use AdBlockPlus (ABP) and I can block 99% of these banners, and proceed immediately to the website. One can also use NoScript to block some websites that are full of crap/trackers (like techcrunch).