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Re:Sao Paulo: A city with no outdoor advertisements (2013) by rbanffy on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @07:36AM (#36598889)
I think only the owners and the advertisers like it. Would a couple high power microwave transmitters pointed at it be able to increase maintenance cost enough for them to give up?
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Re:Sao Paulo: A city with no outdoor advertisements (2013) by m463 on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @04:37PM (#36606759)
> I think only the owners and the advertisers like it.

Isn't that true of all advertisement? sigh.

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Re:Sao Paulo: A city with no outdoor advertisements (2013) by matheusmoreira on Thursday July 06, 2023 @03:54AM (#36612656)
Someone here on HN once floated the idea of someone taking a paintball gun and going to town on these obnoxious billboards. Truly the hero we need right now.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28969142

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Re:Sao Paulo: A city with no outdoor advertisements (2013) by rbanffy on Sunday July 09, 2023 @05:45PM (#36659259)
Extra points if they dress as a bat.
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