Is it permissible for me to obtain games from a friend to avoid downloading them and the bad advertisements, and is playing them considered helping their owners earn from bad advertisements, and does the same ruling apply to watching videos that may contain bad advertisements despite blocking them?

Electronic games include both permissible (mubah) and forbidden (haram) types. What is intended to promote forbidden things, such as advertising alcohol or indecencies, is forbidden because it involves direct assistance in spreading and accessing what is forbidden.

However, the mere presence of an advertisement for something forbidden within permissible content does not necessitate prohibiting the purchase or download of the game, as this does not constitute direct assistance to the forbidden act. But if the advertisement contains images that are forbidden to look at, then it is obligatory to avoid them, except for something accidental and unintentional, accompanied by averting one's gaze.

Similarly, entering websites that are not exclusively dedicated to spreading forbidden content, with the aim of accessing something permissible, does not appear to be problematic. The mere presence of forbidden advertisements on the site does not necessitate prohibiting entry to those sites. However, one must avoid these advertisements as much as possible by blocking them with ad-blocking software and preventing the display of images, and by averting one's gaze from them when they appear.