You're welcome. Sadly, this is likely my last reply to your post. You've dug down to the limits of my knowledge. Hopefully this will send you on your way to ill

You're welcome. Sadly, this is likely my last reply to your post. You've dug down to the limits of my knowledge. Hopefully this will send you on your way to illumination. > My question is what law they would violate? There isn't one. 'Abusive Advertising' (in quotes because it's not literal abuse, only annoying) is still completely legal and will be for the conceivable future as it's not actually assault or battery as those are covered under law and would be very poor advertising techniques. > You mention the possibility of "closing youtube". What if the television were "impossible" to close, had a battery long enough to punish you for a month even if you unplug it, and just would not stop playing an inconvenience noise until you did what it asked? Then people would throw them out, destroyed. The cost of creating an indistructable tv for advertizing doesn't make economic sense. Manufacturers and Advertisers want to make as much money as possible so they make things cheaply. Cheaply made things are easy to destroy. Imagining technology that doesn't exist is future telling and science fiction. And that's the realm of literature. If you're looking to write this into a story of yours you'll want to check out : https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/ https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/ > What law would a consumer device violate that the user couldn't practically open or disable... until the user bought... I'm pretty sure no such law exists, nor is there any process to enforce such behaviour nor test if it had occurred. It would require such a totalitarian state that there'd be no money for such a thing. Totalitarian states tend to be rather poor as they have chased away (or killed) their smart and/or productive people and left the powerful economic engine of freedom to cool and decay. Dude. You seem very motivated, but also naive about the subjects you're questioning namely: human behaviour, marketing, advertisement, and consumer protection law. Which is fine, we can't learn unless we question what we know and don't know. To satisfy your curiosity (if you're looking for practical knowledge, not just writing fiction) you'll want to do some work yourself ... (the time lines are just guesses depending on the density of research necessary to understand the subject) 1) Talk to a one or many consumer protection lawyer/s about these questions of yours. Finding one that will humour you might be an adventure. (2+ hours?) 2) Do some research into the history of advertising. Maybe start with biographies of couple famous advertisers or marketing gurus. (16+ hours of research) 3) Do some research into the history of consumer affairs laws. (4+ hours of research) And last, but not least... 4) Do some research into human behaviour (at least 100+ hours of work). A couple fantastic authors are: Robert Sapolsky, Jordan Peterson, Dan Ariely. They all have several books about the subject and LOTS of youtube lectures. I wish you the best of luck on your pursuit of knowledge!