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Re:Adfree Cities: for happier, healthier cities by H8crilA on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @03:53PM (#38633997)
> This bike share scheme is only possible because the city traded away its outdoor ad space.

No, there are many ways to generate revenue to pay for things like that at a (local) government level. Your city sold the ad space and immediately bought an essentially unrelated service (bike sharing) from the same party.

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Re:Adfree Cities: for happier, healthier cities by jefftk on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @03:59PM (#38634059)
> immediately bought an essentially unrelated service

At least the way it works here (Boston area's Bluebikes) is that the same infrastructure supports both the bike sharing and the ad space. There are ads on the bikes and their docks.

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