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Perhaps the actual solution is to ban ads through regulation, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43595269 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43595269
by fsflover 9mo ago
Perhaps the actual solution is to ban ads through regulation, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43595269 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43595269
- npongratz 9mo agoRegulation is theater, effectively, thanks to regulatory capture.
- danaris 9mo agoFor now, it is, yes; but we must both plan for a future when that might not be the case, and advocate for effective regulations regardless.
- malfist 9mo agoThis is a false argument. Regulations are effective. When was the last time you breathed in second hand smoke while eating dinner? Or inhaled lead from a passing car? Or asbestos from your neighbor's new house? Defeatism will always be defeated
- prmoustache 9mo agoI am all for it but it would be hard to enforce. Ads are already hidden everywhere. Someone "review" a product? Most of the time it is a hidden ad even if the reviewer hasn't been paid with money for that. Watches a movie or a video clip? A lots of products are advertised through close ups on the logos, etc.
- fsflover 9mo agoIf there is a payment, there is a good chance to track it.
- prmoustache 9mo agoYoutubers happily do "reviews" in exchange of receiving stuff, regardless if they can keep it or not. They also know that if they are too critical they may not receive anything more and they don't have any material to review. This was already true on paper magazines. No money is exchanged in the process.
- fsflover 9mo agoPayment can indeed be made with goods.
- ElFitz 9mo agoEven a sign on the street is basically an ad. That plastic cow or pig head telling you there’s a butcher or cheesemonger? It’s basically an ad. Possibly one of the oldest type too!
- fsflover 9mo agoSings on the owners' houses aren't paid ads.
- ElFitz 9mo agoParent wasn’t referring specifically to paid ads, just ads in general, and their omnipresence. And to your point: shops rarely own the building they’re on the ground floor of.
- account42 9mo agoSo? What argument are you trying to make? We can ban what most people consider ads while still letting reasonable store signs stay if we want to.
- ElFitz 9mo ago> So? What argument are you trying to make? That, as the comment I was replying to said, ads are indeed everywhere, sometimes hidden in plain sight. Nothing more, nothing less.