Sings on the owners' houses aren't paid ads.

Parent wasn’t referring specifically to paid ads, just ads in general, and their omnipresence.

And to your point: shops rarely own the building they’re on the ground floor of.

So? What argument are you trying to make? We can ban what most people consider ads while still letting reasonable store signs stay if we want to.

> So? What argument are you trying to make?

That, as the comment I was replying to said, ads are indeed everywhere, sometimes hidden in plain sight.

Nothing more, nothing less.