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by imiric 1064 days ago
This is unlikely to happen in most cities, as avertising is embedded in our culture now. Can you imagine what NYC and Times Square would look like with no ads? (Turns out much better[1] IMO, but I'm not sure everyone would agree.)

Rather, I think the only way to make this happen is to move adblockers to the real world. The user would wear AR goggles that would hide any detected ads. I'll be using that the second AR becomes accessible for everyday outdoor use. An audio adblocker would be great as well.

[1]: https://www.newsweek.com/times-square-new-york-no-adverts-lo...

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> I'll be using that the second AR becomes accessible for everyday outdoor use.

I probably wouldn't. I'd just keep doing what I currently do -- avoid environments that are saturated with ads.