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Originally Posted by no.guru
Suggestions of banning misleading advertisements are extreme, IMO.
If claims made in the ads widely differ from reality, there will be a major hit in sales and the company will be ridiculed. The ads will be yanked voluntarily and heads will roll.
Much better than putting another piece of legislation in place that may or may not be enforced.
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No additional legislation needed, companies regularly have adverts pulled or changes required for misrepresentation (in the UK anyway, can't speak for anywhere else).
There's not a guaranteed hit in sales either, people may buy the new iPad thinking the screen lets them use it outside, find that's not the case then decide they like it for use indoors enough to keep it anyway. If that was the sole reason for buying a product, then sure, people would return it and sales would take a hit, but with the iPad there's not usually a single reason.