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"And, since nobody else is allowed to pay for people's attention, you aren't competing with budgets, you are competing with other ideas. Imho this makes for a much more interesting information landscape."

Sounds nice in theory. "You want to like us on facebook and get a perk for free on your app? (No money involved)."

"Hey you maybe want a job? We will give one to those who spread the word most about us"

Devil is in the details. And humans have a lot of details.

Otherwise I am all for starting to ban of advertisement, what is possible.

But disruption should be expected. A lot.

(I mean, most of the internet is financed by ads)

>>lukan+(OP)
The law has pretty firm definitions for things like "in kind payments" and "consideration" - because these sorts of sneaky ways of rewarding people are also relevant to bribes!

So we aren't treading into new uncharted territory where the details need to be figured out - humans have been playing this game for centuries and the law already has effective tools for navigating the tricky parts.

>>Taek+d1
And it is not really working well in my perception, when it is standard procedure for politicians to land high paying (useless) jobs in the industry they formerly regulated, after some grace period. Or get payed a lot for being a public speaker. Where no one cares about the speech.