[lykahb]

Is the takeaway that the idea is bad or just the implementation? On web and mobile the hostile design is commonplace, and there is plenty of incentive for that to bleed more into the real world. Especially, if the physical world business is run by people who want the degree of nudging and surveillance found online.

[autoexec]

Filling the world with more surveillance and ads is always a bad idea no matter what the implementation.