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I dont know if this is the community to have the discussion but im really battling with my stance on advertising logically. I hate it, I block all ads, I hate seeing them and I dont want them to exist. Ok but why shouldnt it exist? Its harmful, invasive an unsolicited just like this thread mentions. But its also such a baseline human thing that I cant see a way to get rid of, if I tell my friend about something i brought im advertising to them etc. If we ban paid advertising will companies invade discussion to "organically" mention prodcuts.
I really want a good argument for why it shouldn't exist and how a world without is a better place.
At the bare minimum there needs to be restrictions on how invasive ads can be and maybe that would solve things?
This maybe doesn't count as a logical argument but it always gets me pumped up against advertisement.
I fully agree with the feeling and the anger but I dont want to live in a world where people randomly attack things in public spaces using the justification "I had no choice whether to see it or not". Like for example what if I put up a flyer for a local craft fair on a lamp post or a notice board. No one is consenting to seeing that adn I need to do it so people know its going on. Its just hard for me to know where to draw the line which is why im for doing bans of stuff we can all agree sucks and then dialing it in more and more until we feel ads are in a good spot. Like restrictions on what information you can use to target ads, how much screen space they can take up relative to time Eg no full screen 5min ads, restrictions on what can be advertised to what groups of people, making it illegal to not disclose advertising. Things like that until ads are less cancerous.
But i'd like to hear arguments for complete removal.