My boundaries aren't so strict when it comes to my personal space. People usually have good reasons to call my attention when they tap my shoulders. I just don't get advertised to when I turn around to greet them. Usually they want to ask me a question or simply socialize.
People don't like to be rude. They don't like to bother others without good reason. That's the social norm and it protects me from abuses such as random people tapping me on the shoulder for idiotic reasons such as advertising.
> you have an irrationally radical take on this
Radical, maybe. Irrational? No. I spent a lot of time thinking about this. If you want to claim I'm irrational, you need to refute everything I've said.
Nothing wrong with being radical. Compromise is the root of all evil.
> But to say that advertising as a whole is immoral seems overblown.
Not at all. Advertising is by definition information people didn't ask for. It's noise, to be filtered. It's audiovisual pollution.
> What constitutes an ad?
Information I did not seek out. For example, when I open this web site, it's because I want to read and post comments. I don't come here to look at products. If HN starts sending me ads for products I'll block them.
> Can I put a yellow label on my can of beans I sell, or is that too vibrant and might catch your eye in the supermarket?
If I go to the supermarket, it's because I want to buy products. If I open an app store, it's because I want to see apps. It's okay to show me the stuff.
The key point here is I asked for it. I don't even consider it advertising in that case. It's just the information I wanted.
> Show Should all products and signage be black/white to protect your delicate attention span?
In my country there's laws in certain cities to that effect. I think it's pretty great.
https://99percentinvisible.org/article/clean-city-law-secret...
Your claim that advertising is immoral is what I see as irrational. Not that you hate ads. You've provided no grounds for why its actually inherently wrong to advertise. If anything, you've contradicted yourself. There are times where you think it is okay for something to grab your attention, like when you go to the supermarket.
Perhaps we are disagreeing on what an ad is. "Information I did not seek out" is not a good definition of an advertisement. Just because you are looking for it, doesn't mean it isn't an ad. I'd claim an ad is anything that promotes a product, service, or event. Given that definition, would you still consider all advertising immoral?
I choose what to pay attention to. Anyone and anything that grabs my attention without my consent is violating my boundaries. Advertising's entire business model consists of mind raping people for profit. Forcibly injecting their little brands, slogans, ideas into people's minds whether they want it or not. It increases revenue so everyone is heavily incentivized to consider it legitimate. Well I don't consider that activity to be legitimate at all.
Ad blocker? It's just self defense. I don't lose any sleep over it and neither should anyone else.