The idea feels like sci-fi because you’re so used to it, imagining ads gone feels like asking to outlaw gravity. But humanity had been free of current forms of advertising for 99.9% of its existence. Word-of-mouth and community networks worked just fine. First-party websites and online communities would now improve on that.
The traditional argument pro-advertising—that it provides consumers with necessary information—hasn’t been valid for decades.
No shit. I don’t think anybody wants to ban any of your examples. It’s the 99.9% as you said that’s being discussed here. Of course the ruling would have to be clear. That’s true of all such rulings. And of course businesses will try to skirt the law, because that’s always the case with businesses.