The telephone network is practically useless because we don't have any authentication to it anymore.
When the phone company had to do something to physically connect a wire to a building, it was sufficient. But that I can download any number of apps that lets me war dial an entire continent pretending to be just anyone? Yeah the phone network isn't secure enough for the average user.
An increasing number of states are banning billboards along highways. Travelers do need a low tech method for finding certain services though, such as food, lodging, fuel and restrooms. So you'll see those blue signs that says "FOOD NEXT EXIT" with a Waffle House and Burger King logo. In order to put the logo on that sign, the business has to meet certain criteria (which vary from state to state like all highway laws), for example a restaurant must be within 3 miles of the highway, be open for at least 12 hours a day and feature public restrooms and telephones. The sign itself may include a distinctive logo and the name of the business in legible font but no slogans or ad copy. "This burger restaurant is nearby."
This I see as an appropriate amount of advertising.
There was an episode of Stargate SG-1 where the Stargate is broken and General Hammond shares this (paraphrased) exchange with Sergeant Siler:
Hammond: How long until you fix it?
Siler: About two hours sir.
Hammond: Not fast enough, you have 30 minutes.
Siler: No sir, it doesn't work like that. 2 hours is the best I can do.
Hammond: Then get back to it.
Fun fact: My original was written in a hurry so I could run out to the grocery store before it closed, so please consider it a rough draft to be improved upon.
"is host to a large number of bot accounts" I think needs a little more context.
Awhile ago my All New feed was clogged with nearly identical bot posts to nearly identical communities somewhere out on the fediverse. Someone had created a community for every team in some sports ball league, and had set up bots for each that posted game scores/results for each. While it's very bot spammy, I think it is legitimate traffic that does not warrant defederation. This is a perhaps inelegant example of what bots are for.
How about "is host to a large number of bot accounts that generate unwanted/disruptive traffic"
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"It's tradition, that makes it okay! Hip hip hooray it's Weasel Stomping Day!"