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There's a good example. Some greedy gas stations blast ads while you're pumping gas: your money for gas isn't enough, they want to steal your attention as well.
by akomtu 3y ago
There's a good example. Some greedy gas stations blast ads while you're pumping gas: your money for gas isn't enough, they want to steal your attention as well. But a customer may wear in-ear headphones that normally play music, but can also play nothing, let the outer sounds in, except for the speech frequencies silenced by the active noise suppression. It so happens that ads rely on speech frequencies to steal attention. Problems begin when the ads platform that gas stations use and the manufacturer of those smart headphones is the same company.
- dugmartin 3y agoAfter a little experimentation when they started doing this I found the second button from the top on the right immediately mutes the audio. Since then I’ve verified this works at a lot of different gas stations on car trips across the US.
- sojournerc 3y agoa few I've seen, some kind soul will have marked the mute button with a sharpie
- kvmet 3y agoI'll second this. I have found some that use a different button but usually one of them cancels it so feel free to try them all. I think I've found only one that couldn't be at least muted in this way.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoIt used to work everywhere. Over the last 2 years, an increasing number of pumps have been modified so that this no longer works.
- binarycrusader 3y agoSome greedy gas stations blast ads while you're pumping gas: your money for gas isn't enough, they want to steal your attention as well. While I'm just annoyed as you are by the ads blasting while I'm refueling, I want to highlight that gas stations don't typically significantly profit from selling gas; their profit might be as little as a few cents per gallon. Instead, the primary source of revenue and profits for them is usually the attached convenience store or other services. Here's a few sources (unverified, but here for convenience): https://fortune.com/2022/08/09/energy-profit-margins-gas-stations-proof-fuel-retailers-high-gas-prices-alex-kinnier/ https://fortune.com/2022/08/09/energy-profit-margins-gas-sta... https://thehustle.co/the-economics-of-gas-stations/ https://thehustle.co/the-economics-of-gas-stations/ https://www.theautochannel.com/news/2021/11/22/1074398-who-makes-money-selling-gas.html https://www.theautochannel.com/news/2021/11/22/1074398-who-m... https://www.cattlerange.com/articles/2022/04/how-much-do-gas-stations-profit-from-a-gallon-of-fuel/ https://www.cattlerange.com/articles/2022/04/how-much-do-gas... https://www.projectionhub.com/post/gas-stations-industry-financial-statistics https://www.projectionhub.com/post/gas-stations-industry-fin...