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Fromt the top of my head:
all kinds of pop-ups wanting to guide me through their software/website latest features, giving me pro-tips or recommendations I didn't ask for
notifications about shit I didn't subscribe to
a virtual assistant icon in the corner showing a message that it wants to help me or talk to me
autoplaying videos (bonus points if it's a video unrelated to the article)
cookies pop-ups
For cookies popups, look at the browser extension I Still Don't Care About Cookies. It blocks all the cookies popups and works very well. The website can't track you because you didn't click consent. Just make sure to use the version with still in it's name, it's a community fork since the original was bought by Avast.
uBlock also has filters to block those notifications, along with blocking virtual assistant popups, notifications and other annoyances. You just need to enable them in the settings
TIL!