Hawaii made laws decades ago to stop big advertising stuff destroying the visual beauty of the islands.
I guess NY never really had that going for it.
Time square police say “take off the fucking glasses!”
This is actually a thing for me. I hate having to see ads everywhere when going outside. Not one bus stop without tons of ads plastered around.
I find it wild to go to a different country where they have different laws where there are so many more billboards. It’s already bad here but seeing how it could be even worse is insane.
Yeah. India is fucking wild when it comes to billboards. New York billboards looks pleasing to the eyes comparatively lol.
the worst part: polar glasses are useless against the banner ads.
If it is working as intended it’s a straight up safety hazard (distracting attention, how many accidents ?)
Go lobby in your city, it worked in mine, no ads since many years
Seriously. There are places in the US where billboards are not allowed in any shape or form, and it’s glorious. Local civics matter.
I worry this would cause them to raise the fare
Thats pretty awesome! How did you do it? I dont know where to begin.
Reminds me of the “Banksy on advertising” quote:
People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you.
You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.
Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.
It really is one of my favorite ones
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This must be one of the best things I have read on this topic! Thank you very much!
Holy shit that is amazing! God i love that guy…
I tuned into the NYC new years, and I guess it’s been awhile since I saw images of NYC - holy shit, it looks terrible! HAPPY KIA NEW YEARS! seriously? every inch of building is a scrolling screen. wow.
Rather than blocking it out, replace it with greenery, shrubs, trees, flowers, grasses
Some of the most beautiful areas of any city are where people and nature are together. Just give me big ass trees alongside the towering buildings!
I mean, if we’re talking about New York you’ve got a huge ass park just around the corner. But yeah, I agree
What’s an ass-park?
Yup, it’s amazing. And the real estate around central park is some of the most valuable in the world!
But plants are nearly free, so we could just have that in more places…
I heard they let us live.
They also cool down the surrounding impermeable surfaces. We need more trees!
I love trees.
Amazing.
Vote for decent people, or lobby against ads, there is no street ads in my city since many years its so good (the mayor did not renew ads contracts and banned it)
Honestly this is so much better!
There’s still one advertising banner there that’s all spangled
the flag?
They already did it’s called a blindfold.
The sky too???
Yes unfortunately
I think I saw this shared on reddit with a tweet response that said something like “if I look into the sky and see an advertisement I’m becoming a terrorist.”
Does anyone remember that or just me?
Found it!
Thanks! I knew I saw that somewhere
…not that I resonate with that idea at all…
The streets and the people? Believe it or not, also an ad.
I hate when people advertise being people!
I actually dislike clothing items with big brand logos.
that’s why I now buy plain/checked shirts.
it’s hard finding a T-shirt without a big puma or adidas logo, at least where I live. I know I can buy online but I don’t like submitting my privacy to Amazon.also, I’d happily buy them if they sported a tux or a GNU.
EFF has some cool t-shirts that you can buy or get from donating.
Could be a plane dragging a banner!
That’s why I never look up, just can’t risk it
I would totally wear smart goggles that do this.
Unfortunately it’s far more likely that we will receive smart goggles that add ads, not subtract them.
Yes and no. For ads to make any kind of revenue, you first need an user-base. And if the first thing you do is riddle them with ads, it will probably really hurt the sales.
So, the first generation of smart glasses should be pretty OK as far as ads go. Of course, they will gradually introduce them, but that will hopefully take several years before we get to that point.
And inevitably some FOSS/privacy focused alternative will show up, just like you have with GrapheneOS, PinePhone and similar. Or, assuming they will let developers side-load their apps without going through proprietary store (which may be unlikely, given the current trend of locking everything down - on the other hand, there is a pretty large market of developers who wouldn’t touch anything Apple-level of closed and someone will definitely want to cash in on it), you will eventually get OCR ad-blocks for billboards outside. I bet that would be one of the first apps developed once possible.
Why am I picturing Roddy Piper…
I have a pair that kind of does this. When I put them on, the ads go away but are replaced with huge phrases like “OBEY” and “THIS IS YOUR GOD” on every building. 7/10 - improved but not blocked.
People look weird with them on, too…
“This one here, real fuckin ugly!”
Please explain to out of loopers.
video not available? I think i may have taken too many antibiotics
This reminds me of blocking ads on twitch. You can’t skip the ad but you can instead look at a black screen for the exact same duration. And that’s preferable.
Basically the plot of the Christmas Black Mirror episode.
You disabled the checkbox to hide placeholders?
