You block ads in your browser, why not in your city?

Re:You block ads in your browser, why not in your city? by jevoten on Sunday December 26, 2021 @01:17PM (#29694859)

But ads in real life do mar the landscape, the real world, with their presence. You can drive through the countryside, and have the idyllic rolling hills scarred by a giant poster for the nearest McDonald's.

Even in cities, they're visual pollution.

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Re:You block ads in your browser, why not in your city? by throwawayboise on Sunday December 26, 2021 @03:07PM (#29695825)

If you don't like it, buy the property and take the ad down.

I understand the eyesore, but I draw the line before telling someone he can't have a sign on his property.

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Re:You block ads in your browser, why not in your city? by eloisius on Sunday December 26, 2021 @05:26PM (#29696964)

We don’t allow things on your property to emit all kinds of things without limitations. Smells, gases, smoke, radiation, etc. Why is visible EM radiation an exception? In fact it isn’t: try displaying pornography on your property.

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