New York City’s Times Square has many advertising signs—by law. It has often been compared to ad blocking on the internet.
 
“Browsing the web in general without #AdBlock is like being LIVING in the middle of Times Square” was posted on Twitter on January 7, 2010. “Oy! Briefly experienced the web without adblock. My poor, poor eyes…it’s like Times Square on speed” was posted on Twitter on February 16, 2011. “I’m with you, the internet looks like times square without adblock! When I use a computer without it, I can’t believe the ads” was posted on Twitter on June 24, 2011.
   
“Adblock should buy out signs around time square and replace them with ‘This ad has been blocked by Adblock’” was posted on Reddit—Shower Thoughts on January 30, 2015.
       
         
Wikipedia: Times Square
Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment center and neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue. It stretches from West 42nd to West 47th Streets. Brightly adorned with billboards and advertisements, Times Square is sometimes referred to as “The Crossroads of the World”, “The Center of the Universe”,“the heart of The Great White Way”, and the “heart of the world”. One of the world’s busiest pedestrian areas, it is also the hub of the Broadway Theater District[9] and a major center of the world’s entertainment industry. Times Square is one of the world’s most visited tourist attractions, drawing an estimated 50 million visitors annually.
   
Wikipedia: Ad blocking
Ad blocking or ad filtering is a type of software that can remove or alter advertising content from a webpage, website, or a mobile app. Ad blockers are available for a range of computer platforms, including desktop and laptop computers, tablet computers and smartphones.
   
Twitter
Gagan Diesh
@diesh
Replying to @sherrett
@sherrett Browsing the web in general without #AdBlock is like being LIVING in the middle of Times Square.
12:28 AM - 7 Jan 2010
   
Twitter
I Miss America
@radiosweethrt
Oy! Briefly experienced the web without adblock. My poor, poor eyes…it’s like Times Square on speed.
3:12 PM - 16 Feb 2011
   
Twitter
Spyros Heniadis
@heniadis
@32000days I’m with you, the internet looks like times square without adblock! When I use a computer without it, I can’t believe the ads.
8:26 AM - 24 Jun 2011
 
Twitter
Dustin Hoffmann
@dustintheweb
Whoa, Youtube without adblock is like Times Square on meth.
5:25 PM - 16 Sep 2011
     
Twitter
zach lieberman
@zachlieberman
the internet without adblock is like walking into times square. how does anyone get anything done?
10:42 AM - 7 Nov 2013
 
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Internet without adblock is like Times Square.
submitted June 1, 2014 by masongr
         
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Adblock should buy out signs around time square and replace them with “This ad has been blocked by Adblock”
submitted January 30, 2015 by chp2001
For bonus points buy only half of the signs and write in small print “for better ad protection, get Adblock plus”
   
Twitter
Vishal Gala
@galavishal
#Adblock should buy out signs around #TimesSquare and replace them with ‘This as has been blocked by Adblock’.
1:45 AM - 31 Jan 2015
 
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Adblock Companies should buy advertising around Time Square and have the ad be"This ad has been blocked by Adblock”
submitted February 21, 2016 by Realman77
 
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Times Square is like YouTube with AdBlock turned off
submitted March 17, 2016 by Sheodar36
   
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Times Square is like Facebook with adblock turned off
submitted March 18, 2016 by Mookzs
 
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
If adblock was a thing in real life, Times Square would be very boring.
submitted August 9, 2016 by QCMBRman
 
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Time Square is like using the internet without ad-block.
submitted September 30, 2016 by floopykid
COMMENTS
FezPaladin
Times Square actually REQUIRES flashy adverts by city ordinance.
 
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Times Square is basically google without ad block installed
submitted July 14, 2018 by Zacklike3
COMMENTS
itseriknagel
The malware is a lot worse in Times Square.