Comment by DivingForGold
3 hours ago
Actually plain html is what IS safe.
It is javascript that allows corporate interests to pop up and nag screen you, and otherwise control your web browsing experience to their favor.
I have an app in my browser that allows me to toggle off javascript and vanquish most pop ups and nag screens.
Here is the recommend app for this, used primarily by the Tor browser.
https://noscript.net/
I use this on news sites to get rid of the paywall.
ublock origin (not to be confused with the lite version) can also do this, and is more flexible. But it's easy to miss this functionality because you have to know about and read some documentation to learn how to turn ublock's "medium" mode on and how the controls work.