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What If We Made Advertising Illegal? (simone.org)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The idea feels like sci-fi because you're so used to it, imagining ads gone feels like asking to outlaw gravity. But humanity had been free of current forms of advertising for 99.9% of its existence. Word-of-mouth and community networks worked just fine. First-party websites and online communities would now improve on that.

The traditional argument pro-advertising—that it provides consumers with necessary information—hasn't been valid for decades.

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[-] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago

I personally think physical advertisements in the city should be limited to local businesses only.

And of course, no ads by the motorway, although that’s already the case here in France.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I remember when signage with ads had no lighting. Even that would be an improvement so I’d like to see any kind of illumination gone too.

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