I want to get as far away from the ad economy and ad culture as possible. Since there’s a 0% chance the morons supporting it will ever learn from their mistakes, I’m starting to realize the only option going forward is to create new places where we aren’t stuck with the “tunnel vision of the stupids.”
It doesn’t have to be large, start small and work our way out. It also doesn’t have to be expensive. It shouldn’t be too difficult to enforce a ban on physical advertisements within the borders, but digital advertising is a whole 'nother ballgame.
Even for a small town, would it be possible to sue companies for running ads in it? Similar to how the same company will show different content on their web services depending on where the user connects from to adhere to local laws. It would be fine if they just blocked connections from where advertising is illegal, but it’s not okay for them to show ads to our residents.
Any insight into this besides useful idiots saying advertising is good or necessary would be greatly appreciated!
And that’s part of the issue; this assumes that we’ve somehow come to a consensus on what ‘ads’ are, or which are ‘bad’. I can get behind getting rid of obtrusive ads, such as pop-ups and video interruptions, but I also actually like billboard advertisements (As long as they are in locations that respect what’s around them, are legible from a distance (not wordy, I’m trying to drive!), and don’t have eye-searing lights). When I travel, billboards often bring us to some interesting locations we may not have thought of before.
Personally, I’d look at making policies restricting “obtrusive advertising”. I don’t mind the advertising, I mind the delivery.