Originally Posted by
cizzors
If you put your cursor on the sideways triangle in the upper right corner, it says Ad Choice and the X says Mute This Ad.
You will still get ads. The X only mutes that particular ad.
If you "opt out" you're not really opting out of getting ads. It will opt you out of relevant ads for you, which means you'll get all kinds of ads, "some in different languages."
So it looks like ads are here to stay. I just read an article about that yesterday in our newspaper. To try to cut down on ads, use a different search engine other than Google. They track you.