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Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by niemandhier on Saturday April 05, 2025 @02:30PM (#43595551)
Money. It’s advertising if mony or anything equivalent flows in any form, even after the act.

Many countries have laws against corruption that are structured like that.

Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by DeepSeaTortoise on Saturday April 05, 2025 @02:38PM (#43595639)
So if a restaurant rents a property to build a really nice looking outdoor dining area, do they have to surround it with walls so people arent convinced by it to dine there?
Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by thfuran on Saturday April 05, 2025 @04:20PM (#43596511)
No. Why would they?
Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by LtWorf on Sunday April 06, 2025 @10:19AM (#43601571)
You understand there's a difference between a photo of a restaurant and a restaurant itself?
Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by DeepSeaTortoise on Sunday April 06, 2025 @08:45PM (#43606328)
How edible does the paper, the photo is printed on, need to be to become acceptable advertising?
Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by LtWorf on Sunday April 06, 2025 @10:24PM (#43606966)
It's good that you think your clever. At least someone in the world does.
Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by OJFord on Saturday April 05, 2025 @02:37PM (#43595632)
So if you accept GP's waiter's rosé suggestion, it was advertising, and if you don't it was not?

(Schrösédinger, if you will.)

Re:What If We Made Advertising Illegal? by niemandhier on Sunday April 06, 2025 @01:48AM (#43599232)
No but your doctor would have to think twice about recommending this drug that he got to know about at the company sponsored golf trip.