[isthatafact]

Freedom from ads seems like a fundamental human right, and necessary for freedom of thought. "Unskippable" ads seem incompatible with freedom of thought.

> "Users should have choice & control."

Given that people currently are not able to choose to be free from advertisements in any practical way, even if abstaining from luxuries, some sort of severe regulation seems necessary.

[wdr1]

> Freedom from ads seems like a fundamental human right, and necessary for freedom of thought.

This doesn't make any sense to me.

> Given that people currently are not able to choose to be free from advertisements in any practical way, even if abstaining from luxuries

Sure you can.

You can get a more expensive Netflix tier.

You can pay for YouTube Premium.

You can choose not engage with businesses that have a monetization model you dislike.

[isthatafact]

I am not able to travel to work or anywhere else without seeing ads, which manipulate my thoughts in unpleasant and often offensive ways. If samsung and similar companies achieve their goal, screens with ads will become more numerous and impossible to avoid, even at home.

These and other types of "unskippable ads" violate my personal freedoms and should rejected by society.

netflix and youtube are cute examples of paying to get fewer ads, but you do not get very far without finding product placements or other types of ads in their videos.

[wdr1]

I'm not sure how to express this, but you're not entitled to only see things in life that you find pleasing. You might as well complain you sometimes see ugly people.

> These and other types of "unskippable ads" violate my personal freedoms and should rejected by society.

It's funny you keep bring up unskippable ads. I remember when YouTube invented the skippable ad format about ~15 years ago. How quickly it became a right & a guaranteed personal freedom.