Poll should have multiple options available to choose from. anyway, I hate ads because they ruin the content and are a form of informational terrorism. There has never been a single instance in my life where an ad (billboards etc.) has made me want to buy a specific product or service, but instead the exact opposite - I see it as visual pollution and avoid the product/service. I speak of billboards because I use adblockers and have been using them for decades at this point. I simply don't see ads on the Internet, and if in some theoretical future adblocking becomes impossible I'll just abandon the platform (like say YT) rather than being squeezed out of my money. Paying for ad removal is already fully recognized as a scam by everyone, so much is clear. it never happens and never will happen.
ALL forms of advertising, be they in the physical space or on the Internet are either visual spam that makes nature/cities/whatever ugly or as mentioned in the beginning they ruin content and are thus a form of informational terrorism, or vandalism if I'm generous. Advertising as a whole needs to die, the whole industry is repulsive and needs to be abolished. Ads shouldn't exist at all. What is needed is something like an impartial website where you could look up something you need, say a dishwasher, and you get a full list of what you can buy in a specific country/region, just a list - with reviews from both professionals are regular people. NONE of that should be paid ads or shilled bullshit. It would have to be strictly monitored to be neutral and free from corruption, but this would solve the ad industry forever.
Notice that last bit. The whole advertising industry is a problem to be solved. An obstacle. a detriment. It shouldn't exist. This isn't a question about "good or bad" ads in the end, but a conclusion that ads shouldn't exist at all. That's what I want. a total abolition and criminalization of ads.
