[murermader]

Complex solution to a simple problem. Just ban ads in cities. Like some cities have already done. Then the ads that are left are just for stuff that is important, e.g. events, music, etc. No need for AI filtering algorithms that have to decide what to block and what to leave.

[_flux]

On the other hand, your solution requires a lot of people to agree and possibly turn away some money, whereas the AR solution (once available) can be individually applied without any decisions by others; only for the one person to decide whether to buy it or not (if they have the money).

So it's not that clear to me which one of these is complex and which simple.

[crabmusket]

Turn away from the public, turn away from democratic participation, turn inward into your own curated world.

[mrguyorama]

Oh no, what a pain, to make changes to the world based on a broad consensus of opinions, rather than relying on rapacious billionaires to helpfully put their surveillance device into all of our hands without our permission.

[keiferski]

Probably impossible in the US at least, as it would be considered a first amendment violation.

[vincnetas]

Is graffiti also freedom of speech? If i have a wall does it mean i can write whatever i want on it? I guess not. These are social norms. And we could decide that advertisement is not ok in public spaces like it's not ok to walk around naked.

[keiferski]

Not an equivalent situation at all. Graffiti makers don’t have billions of dollars to hire lawyers that challenge laws that ban advertising. Society increasingly runs less and less on social norms and more on laws.

[drbscl]

Graffiti is illegal because it involves damaging property, not because of its textual / visual content...

[vincnetas]

But if i had a wall (own), could i write anything i want on it?

[kn0where]

Plenty of US cities and towns have regulations prohibiting billboards.

[keiferski]

Interesting, I didn’t know that. Maybe it would be possible legally then, although I imagine that NYC would be a tough place to get it passed.