>>matthe+(OP) 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
in any case, ads are speech, and speech is protected. funny seeing this litigated over and over again here. it's actually concerning how many people on here want to ban speech because it's paid for.
>>amazin+Wc
Everything is but I think if we're to generalize then plastering an entire square in billboards and having a tiny text at the bottom of a very simple HTML page are two wildly different things.
>>INTPen+se
not really. you could argue that if you're 2-3 feet from a monitor the text on the bottom of a full screen HN page takes more of your vision than a billboard 500ft away.