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Re:The case for banning ads in social media by WalterBright on Friday November 15, 2019 @02:49AM (#21543074)
> All advertising is bad-looking.

The Eiffel Tower was built as basically an advertisement for Eiffel's company.

The Rainier R is also became an icon:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainier_Brewing_Company#/media...

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Re:The case for banning ads in social media by glandium on Friday November 15, 2019 @03:12AM (#21543164)
The Eiffel Tower was built as a monument for the World Fair of Paris in 1889. It was supposed to be dismantled 20 years later, and what saved it is that it had been used for telecommunications. Seeing it as an ad for Eiffel's company is kind of a stretch.
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Re:The case for banning ads in social media by WalterBright on Friday November 15, 2019 @03:24PM (#21548392)
> Seeing it as an ad for Eiffel's company is kind of a stretch.

Eiffel paid a huge chunk of the cost of it, and had his name put on it. It's no different from businesses funding a sports stadium in exchange for it being named after the business.

It's awesome advertising.

I've often wondered why Microsoft didn't fund NASA probe missions in exchange for writing "Microsoft" on the side of the rocket or other such considerations. It'd be a win for all concerned.

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