It’s a great example of how ‘the market’ sucks at externalities. We just accepted that you can pay to spam people’s visual field.

There's now boat billboards that are the same way. Wanna enjoy a nice day at the beach? Too bad, someone parked a boat just offshore blasting a million lumens of alcohol ads straight into your eyeballs

I have seen a couple different videos showing off drone-carried ads in the sky. It's infuriating.

The market is great at externalities. It's finding new ones to exploit all the time.

Not so great for the rest of us though.

A million people a year die from fossil fuel pollution

A fun fact is billboards are banned in Vermont, Maine, Hawaii, and Alaska.

They have moving ones on cars too.

Pollution, advertising, and extra traffic all in one! Puke.

The ones that get me are the billboard barges on Miami Beach. Like at least biplane banners have some charm.

Can't look at your phone, but look at this!

Like anything else in life, once you get used to them, you no longer see them.

Or you don't longer realise you're seeing and being influenced by them. You just become part of them.

Awareness is influence and you can't avoid awareness.

Honey, it's like you aren't really there anymore.