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.
Los Angeles county vs Orange county.
LA allows billboards, OC doesn’t. It just feels so much cleaner and like a breath of fresh air as you drive from LA into OC.
Same with Maine, state banned billboards. Makes it super weird when you head south and get assaulted by them in Mass
I don’t have a problem with ads, but sometimes it does get be too much and feels a bit assaulty.