I don't want any unsolicited advertising - and I wish our societies would decide to outright ban advertising: Outdoor advertising is a nuisance for the eyes, radio and TV advertising is annoying AF (particularly as it tends to be mixed at a much greater loudness than the program running, my conspiracy theory is that this is done so people are forced to hear it when they go to the loo), paper advertising (e.g. in newspapers, flyers or postal spam) is a waste of paper and online advertising is an insane danger for privacy and a vector for distribution of malware.
Ideally, we'd have independent consumer protection entities, either government or private (e.g. German Stiftung Warentest), that would get products from companies to rank and test, so consumers could make actually informed decisions instead of being lured by hyped up advertising claims.
At the margin, it's very hard to tell the difference between advertisements and other media. Today I listened to an enjoyable podcast with 5 speakers, 2 of whom are employed by the same company. During the episode, they discussed a product that those 2 worked on. Was this an advertisement?
I think any ban like that would have a "I know it when I see it" standard, which isn't wonderful.
Ideally, we'd have independent consumer protection entities, either government or private (e.g. German Stiftung Warentest), that would get products from companies to rank and test, so consumers could make actually informed decisions instead of being lured by hyped up advertising claims.