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Just use an OS that does not do this.
Steam banned having to watch an ad before being able to play a game last year
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/valve-seemingly-bans-all-steam-games-that-require-watching-advertisements-to-play/1100-6529356/
Done. No ragerts
on an Xbox ?
If you are using an xbox, you kind of deserve this.
What use is an Xbox nowadays? And who said that Microsoft will not use the same "feature" on Windows?