Effective ads = profits. Which companies or specific products do you avoid because of their advertising methods?

I stay away from most all ads.  I particularly dislike ads having to do with personal hygiene and I will definitely leave a site when there is more than one pop-up ad that interferes with my reading an article or comment.

An onslaught of advertising hits me every moment while on the internet. I don't even see who they are anymore, I ignore them them 99% of the time.  The 1% of "take over the page ads" are the ones which are most upsetting. Facebook is most annoying by following me around the internet trying to get me to click yes it's ok they track me. If I don't click "allow" the video usually doesn't play.  So annoying I have saved 103 examples of their efforts. See sample below. Most are from Fox news articles. The second I click "don't allow" the video disappears. Finally out of frustration, I quit saving the new samples.  Another "take over the page" ad is when a large page size ad takes over for a grocery store etc.  I don't remember them consciously but the negative effect is stored unconsciously, in the Grrrrrr department of my mind.

Why all the sample ad's from singles dating service and a toothpaste ad as well Randolph?
You wouldn't be advertising yourself...now...would you?

What is a "Certified Christian", exactly? 

LOL!

I don't know that I avoid due to advertising methods, other than I rarely click on ads. I'm more likely to avoid due to particular actions or beliefs of the company, but even that isn't 100%. I try to be conscientious, but I don't think I'm a fanatic. 

Almost all ads are deceptive. It is a hobby of mine to trash them and drive my wife crazy. What does 'Ten shades whiter' mean? Automobile lease ads are fun. $159/month low mileage lease. Usually 24 months with $3,699 due at signing. People are stupid.

I have been watching daytime CNN and the ads I see aimed at trusting seniors infuriate me. Tom Selleck pitches reverse mortgages, assuring that you won't lose your home. I know an elderly couple who outlived their reverse mortgage and the bank foreclosed on them and took their home. Then there are the ads telling seniors that they may not be getting all their Medicare Benefits (with a long list of things they might be eligible for) and to call for a free analysis. They use a name that makes it seem like the ad is from the government, but it's actually an insurance company. There are minutes-long heart-wrenching appeals from various charities, which make me wonder how these charities actually use the donations.  If a company target vulnerable people or uses bait and switch tactics, I avoid them.

Hi there... sorry... the dev was eager to help us start generating some profit and I didn't realize he'd thrown those on the site already. I've asked him to remove them ASAP. 

I avoid everything to do with the puppet master, Rupert Murdererdoch.