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And let me guess - you are going to be the judge of which ads are how harmful, and which air is safe to breathe? That is authoritarian. Let people decide for t
by FredPret 3y ago
And let me guess - you are going to be the judge of which ads are how harmful, and which air is safe to breathe?
That is authoritarian. Let people decide for themselves. I promise they are capable of making the right choices.
- ben_w 3y ago> That is authoritarian. Let people decide for themselves. I promise they are capable of making the right choices. Who is making which choice, exactly? I don't get to decide which adverts are presented to me. Best I can do is install ad blockers and get almost all of them… or campaign for laws. Governments already have some rules about what is and isn't allowed in advertising, and block certain categories entirely — for example, the UK bans all cigarette advertising everywhere. I don't know about the USA; I assume liquor and gambling have some rules, but that's just an assumption.
- throwbadubadu 3y agoAll undesired&unwanted attention grabbing ones, simple. If one opts in to getting an overview of new things, or just trash, that's fine (so yeah, I think also all in public spaces). Personally, I really don't ever needed and will ever need them. I'd prefer just going for good objective test magazines / trusted reviews / known people recommendations if I have the need for something. Yes, that's just my view and personal dream ;) Anyway, the industry so far imo just brings >95% harm and bad and unnecessary stuff over humanity, and grabs my attention unasked everywhere, even where I kind of didn't opt in. What btw about laws where certain advertisements were forbidden, e.g. alcohol or tobacco, or lottery, also in western countries.. that's not authoritarian but protecting children, right at least?