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We live in an advertising hellscape now. The biggest crock of crap is being forced to watch an advertisement at the freaking gas station as I pump my gas. I'll

We live in an advertising hellscape now. The biggest crock of crap is being forced to watch an advertisement at the freaking gas station as I pump my gas. I'll never voluntarily use those pumps ever again.

ianmcgowan 3y ago
2nd button from the top on the right hand side. For now...
- acidburnNSA 3y ago
  and if it doesn't work, just mash each button. Seems like at least one of them mutes it.
  - ssl-3 3y ago
    Unless it doesn't. There is a fairly large gas station near me that doesn't have a silence button. It's a big-name, corpo-owned station (Speedway, now owned by 7-11). No amount of button-mashing will cause it to cease. It belts out loud advertising noise 24/7, from both sides of each pump (whether in-use or not). And because they're all apparently IP-connected, and no real attempt was made at synchronizing them, they're all free-running and slightly out-of-sync with eachother. The result is an overwhelming cacophony that resembles a PA system that sounds like it was designed by an inebriated squirrel, and with system-tuning performed by a sadist with a grudge against humanity. Previously (for decades), I went there frequently because it was convenient. Today, they don't get any more of my money regardless of convenience.
dawnerd 3y ago
Only a matter of time until auto companies put ads in EVs while they charge too.
hoherd 3y ago
That one is especially evil because you can't walk away far enough to be out of range of the ridiculously loud speaker. This is a sure-fire way to tell me "never come back to our gas station."
- karlshea 3y ago
  At least for the ones around me one of the buttons to the right of the screen will mute the audio. Just start mashing.
eigenhombre 3y ago
Oh god, yes, I'd like to use, or perhaps make, a service which maintains a list of ad-free pumps. (Preferably a service that didn't show me ads... so, yes, I'll pay for it...)
Repulsion9513 3y ago
There are two gas stations in town (same company) and they both have ads. :'(
jondwillis 3y ago
No advertising will likely ever be at home EV chargers, just saying. But then again, someone will probably make a free adware-supported charging cable if there’s a buck to be made.
ghodith 3y ago
That and the tablets on the back of the headrest in Ubers that exist just to serve ads. The software even wakes it automatically from sleep so you have to physically power the tablet off if you want them to go away.

ianmcgowan 3y ago

2nd button from the top on the right hand side. For now...

acidburnNSA 3y ago
and if it doesn't work, just mash each button. Seems like at least one of them mutes it.
- ssl-3 3y ago
  Unless it doesn't. There is a fairly large gas station near me that doesn't have a silence button. It's a big-name, corpo-owned station (Speedway, now owned by 7-11). No amount of button-mashing will cause it to cease. It belts out loud advertising noise 24/7, from both sides of each pump (whether in-use or not). And because they're all apparently IP-connected, and no real attempt was made at synchronizing them, they're all free-running and slightly out-of-sync with eachother. The result is an overwhelming cacophony that resembles a PA system that sounds like it was designed by an inebriated squirrel, and with system-tuning performed by a sadist with a grudge against humanity. Previously (for decades), I went there frequently because it was convenient. Today, they don't get any more of my money regardless of convenience.

dawnerd 3y ago

Only a matter of time until auto companies put ads in EVs while they charge too.

hoherd 3y ago

That one is especially evil because you can't walk away far enough to be out of range of the ridiculously loud speaker. This is a sure-fire way to tell me "never come back to our gas station."

karlshea 3y ago
At least for the ones around me one of the buttons to the right of the screen will mute the audio. Just start mashing.

eigenhombre 3y ago

Oh god, yes, I'd like to use, or perhaps make, a service which maintains a list of ad-free pumps. (Preferably a service that didn't show me ads... so, yes, I'll pay for it...)

Repulsion9513 3y ago

There are two gas stations in town (same company) and they both have ads. :'(

jondwillis 3y ago

No advertising will likely ever be at home EV chargers, just saying. But then again, someone will probably make a free adware-supported charging cable if there’s a buck to be made.

ghodith 3y ago

That and the tablets on the back of the headrest in Ubers that exist just to serve ads. The software even wakes it automatically from sleep so you have to physically power the tablet off if you want them to go away.