I’ve seen these all over Europe. Some have simple images of the cross flashing, some have windows screensaver esque animations, and some have 3d renders of various things rotating in all sorts of ways. Why is that? Wouldn’t a simple green cross be enough to get the point across, or do they need to be overly verbose? Here’s the full video instead of a gif
I don’t think we have those in the US at all.
Anyways it’s probably like that because it’s eye-catching. Eg it’s an ad
Depends where you’re at in the US. In oregon this symbol is used for cannabis dispensaries, meaning it is extremely common.