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!

  • blarghly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    3 days ago

    I mean, I assume what you mean is bans on, like, ads on youtube.

    Unfortunately, suppose you actually passed this legislation and the courts upheld it (idk if it would work, ianal). Well then one of two things would happen:

    1. The companies would ignore the law, and you would either need to give up or engage in never-ending legal battles.
    2. The companies would simply stop providing their services to your area. At which point constituents would complain and get you to roll back the law, or would start using vpns to circumvent it.
    • Wilson@lemmy.today
      1·
      3 days ago

      As if civilization didn’t exist without advertising for thousands of years just fine.

      • blarghly@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        ???

        I mean, if you gather up several thousand people who hate ads more than they like youtube, I’m sure this would work fine. But most people prefer youtube with ads to no youtube, and they almost certainly don’t hate ads enough to uproot their whole lives and move to a different geographic location. I’m not saying that ads are an immutible part of nature - I’m saying they arent a big enough deal to be worth it to most people. Any given individual is far better off by simply using ad blockers