My state bans all billboards. They're thought pollution.

https://movia.media/moving-billboard-blog/why-is-billboard-a...

A ban in California would seem illegal as well, due to the affirmative right to free speech contained in the California Constitution (see Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins).

Here in Maine, on-premises signs are allowed but have strict limitations:

https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/23/title23sec1914.htm...

It looks like sign bans are usually unconstitutional when content-based, where the substance of what is being communicated is taken into account (e.g. bans on only commercial signs), but generally hold up if content-neutral and based on reasonable factors, such as safety or aesthetics.

See Reed v. Town of Gilbert (content-based ban struck down) versus Scenic Arizona v. City of Phoenix (content-neutral and safety-based ban on electronic signs upheld).

https://www.scenic.org/sign-control/billboard-laws/important...

But "click here to interact with street ads" seems pretty pointless to me, just one more bullshit distraction.

I will note, I have not owned a car this century, and only drive when I need to. But I don't even want a screen in my car. The only useful feature is the backup camera, and I'm fine parallel parking for myself, if the cost of the camera is every other control moves to a fucking touch screen.

I'm probably going to have to buy something in the next couple of years, and I'm pretty sure it is going to be a very old truck that predates the crapification.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20200335

Because that would be awesome if Ford slashed the price of their vehicles since they will be paid for by ads.

The value is that the kind of person who like, buys a new car, is someone who buys shit generally, a proverbial whale consumer. They could just sell the purchaser lists directly, and it would already get you 80% of the way there (20% is the intent, although is there really intent if you look at a billboard?)

Rules:

- opt in: nothing happens unless I click the “I saw something on a billboard” button

- no animation or sound, just a button/link

Not really. I have a phone that can do this for me without the company needing to actually advertise.

I just tried it, from the navigation screen it's one tap to "search along route" and another to pick the category I want to search for.