The idea feels like sci-fi because you’re so used to it, imagining ads gone feels like asking to outlaw gravity. But humanity had been free of current forms of advertising for 99.9% of its existence. Word-of-mouth and community networks worked just fine. First-party websites and online communities would now improve on that.
The traditional argument pro-advertising—that it provides consumers with necessary information—hasn’t been valid for decades.
Nope.
When I said “unmutable”, I meant it. I tried all of the buttons, the screen itself, and even looked for a hidden control or something. Nothing. It was playing ads when I arrived, it played ads while I filled up, and it continued playing ads when I left.
The only reason I didn’t just outright leave in the first place was because I was running on fumes.