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matheusmoreirayesterday at 11:30 PM2 repliesview on HN

Taxing or banning advertising alone would fix literally everything that is wrong with the web.


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jryle70today at 12:30 AM

Do you know what happen when advertising is banned? It would go underground -- product placement, contest, merchandises, and so on. Advertising existed as soon as commerce became a thing, probably thousand years ago. It can't be banned. I wouldn't vote for that.

Regulation, on the other hand, is fine. How? I don't know.

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akoboldfryingtoday at 1:11 AM

Taxing may be a good way to restore balance. Banning means goodbye online news, Google Search, Gmail, YouTube, Maps, Translate, ad-supported games, etc. -- basically everything we've become accustomed to having for free will want a monthly subscription.