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>Markus Ehrle, the industry association’s president, said that money would instead “flow to big internet companies like Google or Meta,”

When I saw the headline, I thought 'oh, what a nice idea', but the quote above might have a point and I am not entirely sure how right it is. But I guess there is probably some truth to it.

I hate digital, and especially animated, billboards very very much. It's super annoying and just plain distracting. Maybe just analog billboards might be a good way. So local businesses get a way to advertise themselves. Maybe it has to get some regulation so that big companies won't buy all the ad space? I am not sure.




Disabling ads on the web is trivial while disabling ads outdoor is currently impossible.


It steals drivers attention where focus should be 100% on whats happening on the road and around it. Every % of attention stolen is a big win for advertisement, and increases chances of bad accident. Do a bit of statistics on number of drives per day globally, number of accidents, increase that chance even by 1% (which is very debatable but in many cases its much more), and you get nice number of number of deaths and damages done daily by ad business around the roads.


they can advertise themselves, just not in public




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