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Maybe one could hack it to block out adverts? There would be a sudden impulse towards "moral conscience" meaning the feature had to be removed.

Creating a World without adverts might be a route to utopia.



You're absolutely right! let me get back to you after these messages from Coca cola!

I'm not an absolutist. How would you find out about new products in a world without advertising? There are ads I could do without, sure, but some do perform a useful function.


Information and adverts are different.

I feel HN is probably not conducive to an extended conversation about where the line lies. But, ...

I'd loved to have an extended database of well structured factual information about products.

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