[verdverm]

I wholeheartedly agree and put effort into not seeing ads as well. At the same time, there are companies I like doing business with that I would never have known about were it not for their advertising, marketing, and/or sponsorships.

[bigyabai]

Legislating advertisement as an opt-in experience would probably satisfy both of us.

[Triphibian]

If only there were some institution full of independently minded individuals who could tell us, plainly and evenhandedly, without undue influence, about products we might be interested in.