What if we taxed advertising?

duxup · 2025-04-08T12:57:41 1744117061

I worry about "tax thing I don't like" policies as then government is dependent on that revenue and now ... you to some extent want that activity to occur otherwise you've got budget issues. Now what is the incentive?

I also wonder if somehow we're trying to seriously reduce advertising what that does to land of the internet where the users of the internet seem to choose / want "free" advertising based products. I'm not convinced folks just suddenly pay and upending that entire economy maybe a serious net negative.

beejiu · 2025-04-08T12:57:23 1744117043

The UK already does and so does Canada. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/introduction-of-t...

"The provision of a social media service, internet search engine or online marketplace by a group includes the carrying on of any associated online advertising service. An associated online advertising service is an online service that facilitates online advertising and derives significant benefit from its association with the social media service, search engine or online marketplace."

matthewsinclair · 2025-04-08T11:25:15 1744111515

This post came from this HN discussion earlier this week:

What if we made advertising illegal?

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43595269#43599667

justonceokay · 2025-04-08T12:54:41 1744116881

At this point next week there will be an article titled “What if we averted our eyes from advertising?”

amazingamazing · 2025-04-08T12:47:20 1744116440

chuckles while seeing this posted on Hacker News, meanwhile a "Join us for AI Startup School this June 16-17 in San Francisco!" message appears at the bottom

INTPenis · 2025-04-08T12:53:51 1744116831

Hardly the type of intrusive advertising that sparked these discussions.

amazingamazing · 2025-04-08T12:55:42 1744116942

funny enough, it's in the eye of the beholder.

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