I'm really glad to see I'm not the only one who experienced this issue. It's saddening but not surprising to see malwarebytes going down this path.
Popup ads??? Have you lost it entirely? For a paid product?? Do your business customers get this also?? No?? Then why give it to us??? Treat us better.
And your "solution" now is to make it opt out??? Make it opt in for pete's sake. Obviously you're not going to make it opt in because no one would want to opt in to this garbage.
There's been a slow decline of malwarebytes over the last several years and I fear this may be the final straw for me.