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I think using your products as 'ad space' should allow governments to impose certain taxes like in the real world.

• whywhywhywhy 3y ago
  Why should the government profit from it and how would that actually stop it? It’s still free money for the ad surface owner but now someone else has an interest in it getting worse
  • Hugsun 3y ago
    Financial inventives and disincentives like these are used effectively all over the world. The govt would not be doing this to get a piece of the pie. It's doing it to stop the practice. A proper fine would probably be more effective though.
    • whywhywhywhy 3y ago
      > The govt would not be doing this to get a piece of the pie Ok so we'd be fine with the money collected from it being just burned then? Because unless you're going to do that then they profit from it. > Financial inventives and disincentives like these are used effectively all over the world Heavy [citation needed] caveat, wild to me that so many people think the solution to problems is giving the government a slice of the pie.
  • bzzzt 3y ago
    In my city companies pay for billboards and other advertising in public space. Seems to be working against every surface being plastered with ads which I see as companies forcing your attention on them. You could argue computer operating systems are needed to access the digital public space and therefore the same line of reasoning applies. If you don't have a choice of operating system you shouldn't have to be subjected to excessive advertising. For people suffering from overstimulation it's also an accessibility issue.
• ChrisLTD 3y ago
  If it’s something the people/government thinks should be illegal, we should just make it illegal rather than indirectly making it kind of undesirable through the already Byzantine tax code.
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