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free speech in the USA prevents this. What do you define as "ad". Can I talk to the person behind me in line at starbucks and tell them how I feel about the new iphone? Am I advertising to them? What if I work for apple? Can I wear a tshirt that says "iphone are great!" Ban that??

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Content bans are unconstitutional, blanket bans on visual pollution are not, as in Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, and Austin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_v._Town_of_Gilbert

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Austin_v._Reagan_Natio...

Alaska is an interesting case, as it mostly has a right-libertarian political culture that says "it's nobody's business what I do on my own property" but draws the line at billboards.

I grew up there, and seeing billboards other places was jarring.

I suspect it would still be unconstitutional, but you wouldn't be banning the speech but rather the financial transaction.

I.e. it's legal to walk into starbucks and tell people about your product but you can't pay someone else to do it.

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