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Imagine a future where the city allows companies to book ad slots in these.
by u2077 5y ago
Imagine a future where the city allows companies to book ad slots in these.
- colejohnson66 5y ago"While waiting for the walk sign, please enjoy this message from our sponsors!"
- u2077 5y agoCome to think of it, no different than some gas stations already.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoI would pay an extra $0.05/gal if it forced the next person using the pump to listen to marketing from the political party of my preference. $0.10 if it couldn't be muted.
- GrinningFool 5y agoOkay, I'm stumped. /Why/?
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoProbably because I'm a tiny minority in my effectivly one party state and annoying people who vote the other way is about the best I can realistically accomplish.
- rendall 5y agoI feel the same way, only not about politics, but aesthetics. I would gladly pay extra at the pump to force people to listen to snatches of noise music, like the Boredoms or Merzbow; or mini documentaries extolling the virtues of Dadaism or Brutalism.
- lupire 5y agoYou are asking why people pay for advertising?
- clove 5y agoYes, I too wish to live in a society in which the rich can leverage their wealth to force others to listen to their propaganda.
- WaxedChewbacca 5y ago
- BitwiseFool 5y agoI've already made it a point to stop using those gas stations. As soon as it starts I stop fueling and let the station get charged the credit card fee on 45 cents worth of gas. Advertisements playing at the fuel pump make me want to smash the screen. Yes, I know I can mute them but I don't care. I hate it.
- reaperducer 5y agoDamn shame if a bit of the gasoline "accidentally" got on the screen. Solvents and plastic generally don't mix.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Yes, I know I can mute them Most places I’ve seen them, they cannot be muted.
- _moof 5y agoTry all of the buttons. One of them will mute. Usually it's the bottom right one but not always.
- Lammy 5y agoThe talking Sh_ll stations around here all seem to use the peninitial button on the right side. I carry a paint pen in my vehicle and write "<-- MUTE" any time I encounter one and there is no possible argument that could make me feel bad about it lol https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E7EG3NM https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E7EG3NM
- SapporoChris 5y agoI applaud the sentiment, but I think you are spitting in the wind. The cost to you in time and expense to go to a new station is surely more than the cost you are inflicting on the gas station. It is a battle you can fight, but not one that you can win alone.
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- Nextgrid 5y agoI wonder what happens if hypothetically, someone were to push something really sharp into the speaker or the screen, or silicone caulk into the speaker to act as a hardware mute feature.
- beamatronic 5y agoHow much does the ad-free version cost?
- jtsiskin 5y ago“Amazon Prime members receive 50% shorter wait times! Please press with your registered palm”
- tempestn 5y agoThat's far too easy to imagine.
- adhesive_wombat 5y agoPfft next on your slippery slope you'll be making silly predictions about adverts in ridiculous places like the Start menu on Windows computers.
- u2077 5y agoWhy do you think they won’t let us fill the menu with pins?
- adhesive_wombat 5y agoWindows users can't be trusted with more than a few sharp items at a time?
- u2077 5y agoHence the rounded corners.
- lucb1e 5y agoDon't tell Xiaomi or other vendors that ship a device with OS
- sipos 5y agoOh god, it is one thing to have it in Windows on a PC, but imagine having it on a device with a locked bootloader. Obviously you should never pay for a device where they won't support you, the owner, unlocking the bootloader, but obviously people do. I'm not sure if Xiaomi are one of the manufacturers that do not support it.
- bombcar 5y agoUEFI Ads. Next big thing! Offer a replacement computer just when yours is being a bit annoying …
- lazerl0rd 5y ago
- mindslight 5y agoYet another reason to avoid touching the button and just crossing during the appropriate traffic phase.
- zp333 5y agoIn some cases if you don't press the button the light will never change, like a small side street intersecting a major road.
- colejohnson66 5y agoNot to mention that blind people exist
- mindslight 5y agoAnd people that are mobility impaired, such that they cannot get across the street in a shorter amount of time or be agile enough to dodge vehicles that behave unexpectedly. But that's not really relevant to the vast majority of people being goaded into using walk buttons. Many times, it's just a disservice to yourself and a disservice to vehicles. And yes, ideally we'd use our collective political will to stop further dystopian developments like advertising at traffic lights for everyone. But when that fails (which would be likely given how saturated our society is with advertising), it's still important we exercise our individual ability to reject it, even if not everybody can.
- lmkg 5y agoIt's not hard for me to imagine. The closest gas station to my house has ads on all the gas pumps. The worst part is that the sound from all the pumps are slightly out of sync from each other. Which I assume will happen with these things as well.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoCan we instead imagine a world where everyone who ever seriously considers such an idea is rounded up and put in a rehabilitation facility far away from the general population for the good of human society?
- gedy 5y agoYou mean the Bay Area? ;-)
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- tialaramex 5y ago"Didn't you have ads in the 20th century?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPGgTy5YJ-g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPGgTy5YJ-g
- lucb1e 5y agoIronically that video is behind a tracking-for-ads 'cookie wall'. (I assume most people don't make google not track them and thus don't notice this wall at all anymore.)
- thih9 5y agoMeanwhile some cities introduce stricter rules for ads in public places. The billboards and logos are either taken down or have to stick to a toned down color palette and cannot exceed certain dimensions. I’m a big fan of this trend. Maybe it will expand and maybe we’ll see fewer ads in public spaces everywhere.
- thematrixturtle 5y agoFreestanding billboards are banned in Singapore. This is one of those things where you don't realize how nice it is until you go to a neighboring country and your eyes start bleeding on the drive from the airport.
- bryanrasmussen 5y agoI mean I can totally see this as a great way to make money while also making the world worse, but only a little worse. And maybe somebody would like to know that there is a McDonalds on the other side of the street they're going to cross right now? I mean maybe I would actually be providing a useful service for some people, and only be making the world a little worse for most while I was getting rich, rich, rich!
- layer8 5y agoI’m trying to decide whether that’s more dystopian than password-protecting street crossings.