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> Advertising was almost non-existent because it was considered poor taste to try and entice people to buy things they didn’t need. I wish I could remember where I found it

Isn't this common sense though? Who the fuck wants to have unsolicited brainwash actively shoved in their face? I despise advertisements with a burning fury. I could not use the internet without some form of ad block.

Still is in most places. Cities as well as rural areas. Billboards for instance are not allowed to have fixed installations, you can pay a farmer to park a trailer on his land in order to advertise something along a main-road. But only temporary, if you can't move that trailer it'll be seized and crushed.

Most older buildings in cities are protected, the only advertising that exist is one tiny sign above the door or what's on display inside the large store front windows. In fact, use Gulag maps and look around old towns of any city or town in Europe, you won't find any billboards or ads.

The only fixed installation billboard you may encounter is one pole ahead of truck stops, on that you'll have a small rectangular sign for each commercial venue available there. Same size as the average road sign.

While advertising existed prior to 1066 (William really was a bastard) it just was not like advertising after the widespread use of the printing press.