The idea feels like sci-fi because you’re so used to it, imagining ads gone feels like asking to outlaw gravity. But humanity had been free of current forms of advertising for 99.9% of its existence. Word-of-mouth and community networks worked just fine. First-party websites and online communities would now improve on that.
The traditional argument pro-advertising—that it provides consumers with necessary information—hasn’t been valid for decades.
I would like meaningful regulation on advertising. Something to the effect of “STOP BLASTING MY FACE WITH ADS EVERY CHANCE YOU GET YOU SCUMFUCKERS”
There is a gas station nearby who runs non-stop unmutable (there is no mute button) ads. I don’t go to that gas station anymore.
I HATE when I am forced to watch commercials, in front of my face on the gas pump, while I am pumping gas into my vehicle. I should really get a discount on my gas for that.
Somebody went around my town and busted over 200 of those over a weekend.
Dang, that’s a lot. Were they caught?
If you push the second button down on the right-hand side, it’ll usually mute them, even if it isn’t labelled to indicate that.
Nope.
When I said “unmutable”, I meant it. I tried all of the buttons, the screen itself, and even looked for a hidden control or something. Nothing. It was playing ads when I arrived, it played ads while I filled up, and it continued playing ads when I left.
The only reason I didn’t just outright leave in the first place was because I was running on fumes.