Sometimes what looks like ads are actually site-level notifications that users unknowingly allow. Go to Chrome > Settings > Site Settings > Notifications and revoke permission from any site that looks sketchy. Also, turn off Pop-ups and redirects under Site Settings.
This won’t block banner ads, but it does stop a lot of the aggressive auto-playing or floating pop-ups that seem to reload themselves.
From a testing point of view, if you’re building or validating user flows in environments with third-party scripts (like news websites), it’s worth using LambdaTest to see how different ad types affect layout stability or CTA visibility across devices.