I don't think the right solution is to have the opposite of them - all of them have some value. The point of the article is to not follow them blindly.
OP here.
I actually feel that having ads that are relevant to the people reading are better both ways, as you might actually learn about a good tool :) (I try at least to only work with products I believe in).
I felt that having the ad between line dividers, and having this:
"Thanks Linear for supporting today’s article!"
OP here.
In this one the closest is probably:
"I love the process at Pylon: engineers merge their own code and only request reviews if they need input, think they have a risky change, or are still onboarding. "
But I fully agree that for juniors it makes sense to have it mandatory.