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Fuck ads at the gas pump

Idk if this is the right instance for this, but how fucking tired of these forced ads at gas pumps is everyone else?

I'm paying 4 bucks a gallon to have you shove advertising down my throat like an erect cock?

What the actual fuck

Anyone have any good ad blocking practices for this?

I've seen duct or painters tape covering the speakers...

You can press a button next to the screen to mute it, but this doesn't work at all gas stations. (Usually its the 2nd from the top on the right side)

I guess its just time to gettoblast music every time I pump gas like back when I was 19....

possiblylinux127 , (edited )
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Maybe we need a need OSM tag

Scolding0513 ,

This

antipiratgruppen ,

OpenStreetMap?

possiblylinux127 ,
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Yes

antipiratgruppen ,

Cool. I like the idea!

Though I don't drive, I adore the general usefulness of the OSM project, and would find that sort of stuff very useful if I had an ICE car.

biddy ,

Unlike Google Maps, OSM is just as useful if you don't drive. I love it for walking and cycling, it's got all the little paths, categorized correctly.

intensely_human ,

I’d really love to help out providing that kind of info. I’m an Uber driver so I’m out on the road all day.

What’s an app I can keep on my phone to add OSM tags. Are those tags stored in a single resource shared by everyone, like a blockchain or something? Or are there separate competing sets of OSM tags?

possiblylinux127 ,
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Street complete is the app normally used for mapping. However there isn't a place to enter this information

Punk_face ,
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I want to brainstorm this. I know about the mute button, but it doesn't work on all pumps. So, how are the pumps getting the ads (getting updated ads)? Are they connected to the internet? Bluetooth? Flash Drive firmware updates?

When we figure this out, the next step is to hack that source.

MojoMcJojo ,

A quick search for trying to get an ad onto a pump led to this site. Pumps are not all the same, some are uploaded via wired or wireless network. Some via USB. If you want to be a solution, try to be the problem and then work your way backwards.

https://www.lcdtvenclosure.com/affordable-gas-station-digital-signage

Scolding0513 ,

We need to start a movement to show people different ways to vandalize them without being caught, and print stickers to stick on them to show the reasoning behind the vandalosm

ShepherdPie ,

Finally a good use of the "I did that" Biden stickers.

Scolding0513 ,

lol!

jabathekek ,
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Even better:

Start a movement to build robust cycling infrastructure.

Naboo_calls_for_aid ,

A few more people would probably use bikes, but I don't see how this solves the issue, no matter how good the cycling infrastructure we won't see cars and gas stations just disappear.
I suspect I don't see the goals as you intend them, but I don't see people dropping there kids off at school on bikes or biking to and from a restaurant to eat a steak dinner, not to mention city services and transportation. If your target is really emissions I'd suspect that electric cars and limiting private jets would make more progress.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod ,
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They'll start putting ads in the bike lanes

jabathekek ,
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Semi_Hemi_Demigod ,
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Just you wait. You'll see "This bike lane brought to you by Chevrolet" in under a decade.

jabathekek ,
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"Asphalt by BP-Oil!"

intensely_human ,

There is some artist who uses this kind of “road sticker” that is damn near impossible to remove. All that artist does is put a little sticker down of a stylized humanoid form, but that sticker on a fuel pump would probably withstand weather and attempts to remove it.

Scolding0513 ,

Any more info would be appreciated

DAMunzy ,

Come live in NJ. No ads!

Nerdulous ,

Because they pump your gas for you lol. Instead you get to be guilt tripped into tipping the worker who's only there to "create jobs".

DAMunzy ,

I tip them in the extreme conditions because I don't have to get out during the freezing snow, rain, or rare oppressive heat.

Most people in NJ don't tip, BTW.

penfore ,

Holly. Didn't even know such a thing existed. They're taking ads everywhere

set_secret ,

I've heard switching to EV totally removes the gas pump ads.

Reygle ,
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That switches you to a phone app platform that hides the ads but records everything about you from your telemetry and sells it.

hark ,
@hark@lemmy.world avatar

Not if you charge at home. Too bad I can't pump gas at home.

InternetUser2012 ,

That's no different than gas. Your phone still knows what you're doing, the credit card people track you, your car (if newer) tracks your every move. At least with electric you're not forced to listen to bullshit ads and it's cheaper.

That being said, I'll stick with my 14mpg if I don't beat on it corn and dinosaur boned fueled hotrod.

xia ,

I avoid those stations i know have ads, and if surprised... i'm happy to know of the hidden mute button.

Squirrel ,
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Sadly, it doesn't always seem to exist.

intensely_human ,

In that case I reward the one that did the thing last.

For instance, when Safeway removed my ability to mute the self checkout instructions, I stopped shopping there and only went to King Soopers.

KS decided to also remove the mute option, but I’m still loyal to them because fuck Safeway for moving first on that.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod ,
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Voting with your money sounds about as effective at influencing things as actual voting.

Quexotic ,

Me too. I let my $$ speak for me.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod ,
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Your money is the squeak of a mouse against the thunderclap of advertising money.

If they lose a couple weirdos like us but get to sell eyeballs, they'll do it.

Quexotic ,

If necessary it'll be active resistance from me.

DdCno1 ,

This is one of those American absurdities that thankfully hasn't made its way over to Europe yet, at least to my knowledge. I hope I have an electric car by the point they start introducing these here.

SlopppyEngineer ,

Oh yes they tried. The damn thing scared me when that ad started playing. I haven't been back at that station again. Some other stations do have ads playing but those are silent, so I guess they do learn customers don't like the loud ads.

DdCno1 ,

Huh, I guess living in a small town with gas stations that have had the exact same pumps for many decades has its perks.

SlopppyEngineer ,

Yeah, I've only seen these near big cities and major highways.

MutilationWave ,

They're all over West Virginia which is pretty much nothing but small towns.

possiblylinux127 ,
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Find the old gas station

Thorny_Insight ,

In Finland our equivalence to Wal-Mart also sells cheap gas and they have ads on their pumps advertising their own products but it's just on the display and there's no sound with it.

nokturne213 ,
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That is how it started here. Then they got loud.

NegativeInf ,

And now when I get gas I gotta listen to them hawk some shitty podcast from a washed up morning host. No! I don't want to know about Hoda Kotb, I just want gas!

Pwnmode ,

Would be nice if the gas was less expensive at the stores with ads. At least that's not the case in my area. 5 min down the road the same company has pumps without ads for the same price.

CosmicTurtle ,

You'd think it should be less expensive.

But then you're not thinking of increasing shareholder value.

How dare you!

AtariDump ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/89757e63-a0a3-4a27-988d-5e1ddd435673.jpeg

letsgo ,

We've got some in the UK, like this one at the Shell petrol station at S60 5ND (pic from Oogle Gearth)

https://lemm.ee/pictrs/image/0ee21d2c-7bc2-4bcd-8e1c-3beea88b1532.webp

AtariDump ,

Is that a scale so you can weigh your gas?

intensely_human ,

“Place your GASOLINE in the tank”

AtariDump ,

Took me a minute but when I heard it I can’t unhear it.

Taleya ,

A shell in Australia is the only place i've seen this as well. They will not be getting our custom.

Swedneck ,
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get an e-bike :)

NikkiDimes , (edited )

I've been driving an EV for a few years, but I flew out of state and had to rent a car recently. I'd never experienced this before then. It was one of the most dystopian experiences ever, leaving me feeling dirty and used.

I don't think I could keep myself from vandalizing those things if I had to do that constantly.

shadycomposer ,

Why do you think charging stations will be immune? Plus with all the ‘smart’ ‘connected’ cars it’s not impossible for them to push ads directly to your car.

Yaztromo ,

EV charging doesn’t require you to stand around for 5 minutes holding a handle to fuel up. The charging times are longer, but once plugged in your need to stay anywhere near the vehicle is zero. And plugging in usually takes less than 5s.

So even if someone came up with a system whereby they expected you to watch an ad before the power would flow, you could always just plug in and walk away. How are they going to know you’re physically there?

As an EV driver I haven’t been to a gas station since I started driving it, but AFAIK this advertising hasn’t come to Canada — and hopefully it never does.

siipale ,

So even if someone came up with a system whereby they expected you to watch an ad before the power would flow, you could always just plug in and walk away. How are they going to know you’re physically there?

How about a button located near the ad screen and speaker that you have to hold like at least 80% of ad duration. If you failed to reach 80% it would reset to 0 and show you another ad so you can try again.

intensely_human ,

You’re hired!

Yaztromo ,

First — stop giving them ideas! 🤣

Second, a small rock and some tape would likely defeat that.

siipale ,

The idea I had was just so ridiculously evil I just had to teil about it 😄

If you think about it the rock and tape hack can be easily prevented, but I'm not going to elaborate any further as to not give them more ideas.

intensely_human ,

What sucks about charging stations is they don’t have:

  • trash cans
  • squeegees to clean my windshield
  • a portico to keep the rain off my head
  • a little convenience store with coffee and snacks
Sphks ,
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There are some of these pumps in France. It infuriates me. The sound is horrible.

chiliedogg ,

Most of them the second button down on the right is mute, though I've been running into some recently that disabled the mute.

Anyway, I sharpie a "mute" next to the button on stations where it isn't labeled for other people. It's one bit of graffiti that I'm not at all conflicted about.

RGB3x3 ,

This never works for me at any brand gas station. I try it every time.

bhamlin ,

I've had the exact opposite experience. Only once has the second button down from the right not worked. But in that instance it was the bottom right button.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod ,
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Neither of those work at the gas station nearest my house. In my frustration I began running my fingers up and down the buttons and found that if you press the second from the top on both sides you get into an administrative screen. Pump still works fine and the ad is muted, and it resets when I leave.

HawlSera ,

Eh I like it, it gives me something to do while pumping...

Honestly I miss when they did news headlines instead of ads, ya hear me Cheddar News, I miss you

Squizzy ,

Is that the cheddar news youtube channel? They recently changed content and it sucks

Bocky ,

Fuck going to gas pumps, that shits for boomers

possiblylinux127 ,
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Ok I guess. I'm not sure where else you would get gas

Swedneck ,
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why would you get gas? electric vehicles are so much more comfortable

possiblylinux127 ,
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Because they are not practical? Not to mention they are a privacy and freedom nightmare

rikonium ,

Sorry to be the one but the privacy and freedom issue is independent of powertrain. Some earlier models before the automakers went upmarket with EVs were perfectly normal. Now the tablet-on-dash, telematics and other data collection has become pervasive in EVs but now it’s in full-force on ICE vehicles for quite some time. A Mach E and Colorado can both be, and have been, bricked by a bad OTA update.

Practicality though also will vary. If people were used to charging at home all the time, telling people that they have to visit a business to refuel every X days or Y miles would seem odd just because it’s quite different than people think is normal.

MutilationWave ,

Uhh not everyone can just drop 40 grand on an electric car.

Swedneck ,
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hah yeah that's about the response i expected.

Nowhere did say car, i'm talking about electric mopeds, e-bikes, and e-scooters. There are countries other than the US.

Railing5132 ,

Just tried the "2nd button from the top" on both right and left at Wesco (Michigan) - didn't work.

BigBananaDealer ,
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id take the ads over the 20 questions it asks you before you can even select the fuel grade. and the button barely works so i have to press it 20 times

onlinepersona ,

Bro, what is going on in the USA 😅 You guys better hope Neuralink fails otherwise there'll be ads right in your craniums.

Anti Commercial AI thingy

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Ginger666 OP ,

Yeah, but if you don't get a neuralink, you don't have the advantage everyone else does

intensely_human ,

AdVantage

See everything through a lens … of ads!

Olhonestjim ,

Fuck it. I don't want such "advantages" anymore. I want a small house, a workshop, and a garden. I'll be lucky if I can get even that. The world can just go pass me by.

ThatWeirdGuy1001 ,
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One of my most upvoted comments on here is saying I should be legally allowed to smash those screens if they play ads.

I don't need advertisements shoved in my face every second of every day.

Ginger666 OP ,

Yes, that would be nice if it were legal, but its not.

ThatWeirdGuy1001 ,
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Tell that to my mask and hammer

Guncle ,

I hope you cover your license plate too lol

ThatWeirdGuy1001 ,
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I'll take my lamborfeeties

ChillPenguin ,

Except you're a slave in the capitalistic machine like the rest of us so fuck you. /s

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