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…

  • eltrain123@lemmy.world
    238·
    8 months ago

    Get an EV and you’ll never have to go to a gas station again. None of the chargers I’ve seen have ads on them.

      • The Pantser@lemmy.world
        91·
        8 months ago

        Maybe public ones but the good thing about electric is you plug in and either walk away or sit in your car you don’t need to be outside near the pump to charge.

        • ElJefe@lemm.ee
          2·
          8 months ago

          Watch them start making chargers that hook up to your infotainment system and run ads all the way through your charging session.

          Edit: period.

        • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
          01·
          8 months ago

          That’s an interesting way to spin the fact that it takes so long to charge that it’s impractical to stand there and wait for it to finish.

          If you turned the gas pump down to make it pump slowly enough, you could walk away from it while you wait, too.

      • Luke@lemmy.mlEnglish
        31·
        8 months ago

        I don’t even have an EV and I have to see the ads on the chargers because they’re in front of the store I’m walking into. So far, I’ve only noticed that at grocery stores, but it’s annoying.

    • m-p{3}@lemmy.ca
      5·
      8 months ago

      They target the most common denominator. Once EVs are everywhere, look at the chargers getting filled with ads.

      • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        8 months ago

        Maybe, but I don’t think it’s worth it. With a gas car, you stand idle at the pump for a few minutes making sure that nothing bursts into flames or gas doesn’t overflow. Charging an EV isn’t like that. They’ve got about 5 seconds of your time at the most.

          • zurohkiEnglish
            6·
            8 months ago

            Well, Toyota’s claims about batteries are intended to convince people not to buy EVs yet. They’re going to be SO much better real soon now so just buy another Toyota gas car and think about EVs next time.

            It’s just another flavour of the anti-EV FUD Toyota has been spewing for a decade now. They’re also saying that hydrogen is the future and that gas will always be 70%+ of the car market, so you have your choice of anti-EV FUD. Consistency doesn’t matter when you’re running a disinformation campaign.

          • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            8 months ago

            Lol that would be the ultimate first world problem. Charging so fast it makes more sense to stand at the plug than go into the store to pee.

    • NewtonPulsifer@lemmy.myserv.one
      4·
      8 months ago

      Volta has level2 free chargers in some of the grocery stores in my area. Pretty big screens. I don’t pay attention to them when I’m charging while shopping.