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I view any and all non-obiective advertising as literally evil. There is absolutely no good reason for advertising to exist it's current state. Are there any n
by oregontechninja 7y ago
I view any and all non-obiective advertising as literally evil. There is absolutely no good reason for advertising to exist it's current state.
Are there any nations or states which outlaw or heavily regulate advertising? I've heard some governments outlaw advertising to children.
- ACow_Adonis 7y agowell there's lots. in my country (Aus), there's regulations on tobacco, alcohol, gambling: each of varied levels of deliberate and actual effectiveness. A lot of places limit billboards. And then there's even cultural aspects: Melbourne culture says that the level of a places' 'coolness' is inversely related to its amount of external signage...
- bediger4000 7y agoI could not agree more. I have gone out of my way to teach my children that advertising is lies. Literally. That's what I told them, and demonstrated to them. I also use uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, and NoScript in browsers I control, plus my own DNS-based advertising domain blocklist.
- inetknght 7y agoIf only lies were illegal
- FabHK 7y ago> Are there any nations or states which outlaw or heavily regulate advertising? Well, in North Korea the only billboards I saw were of Kim Il-Song and Kim Jong-Il. The two restaurants in the hotel for foreigners on the island in the middle of Pyongyang were imaginatively called "Restaurant 1" and "Restaurant 2". So, not too much marketing there. I do hope that there is some more sensible middle ground.
- asdff 7y agoSao Paulo banned advertising, removing 15k billboards in the process. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cidade_Limpa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cidade_Limpa